There were 158,161, outbound tourists during the second quarter of this year, this was an increase of 8.2% over last year, the National Statistics Office said today.

Tourist trips towards EU and non-EU countries registered increases when compared to the same quarter in 2018, with Italy and the UK remaining the most popular destinations, having a joint share of 52.0% of total tourist trips.

The NSO noted that nights spent by outbound tourists went up by 5.0%, amounting to 990,045 nights. In absolute terms, the majority of guest nights (55.4%) were spent in rented accommodation establishments.

Total estimated outlay by outbound tourists between April and June increased by 11.4% over last year and stood at €131.7 million, which was equivalent to an average €833 per trip.

Outbound tourist trips in the first six months of this year numbered 305,001, the NSO said this was an increase of 7.4% over 2018. Total nights spent by outbound tourists went up by 2.4%, surpassing 1.8 million nights.

In addition, the total estimated outlay by resident tourists stood at €244.6 million, 10.4% higher than that recorded for the same period last year.

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