Figures released by the National Statistics Office today, show that it is now the fourth consecutive quarter that the number of guests, nights spent, average length of stay and occupancy rate have dropped in Gozo and Comino.

Total guests and nights spent in Gozo and Comino during the third quarter this year, decreased by 0.3% and 5.2% to 34,781 and 131,607 respectively, the National Statistics Office said today.

During the same period, the average length of stay in Gozo and Comino decreased by 0.2 of a night to 3.8 nights, while the net occupancy rate decreased by 5.5 percentage points to 66.4%.

For the first nine months of this year, total guests in Gozo and Comino numbered 77,807. This was down by 2.1% on the same period in 2018, when the figure stood at 79,498.

On a national basis, the total guests in collective accommodation establishments during the third quarter advanced by 1.8%, while total nights spent declined by 1.9% when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2018.

Total guests in collective accommodation establishments during the same period numbered 588,605, while total nights surpassed 3.2 million.

The NSO noted that the largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels, accounting for over 1.5 million nights, or 47.3% of the total.

The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down to 5.5 nights in the third quarter of 2019 from the average of 5.7 nights registered during the same quarter of 2018.

The net use of bed-places stood at 83.0%, down by 1.0 percentage point when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.

On a national level, during September 2019, there were 214 active collective accommodation establishments with a net capacity of 18,549 bedrooms and 42,607 bed-places.

The total number of guests in Malta numbered 553,824, up by 2.0% over the third quarter of 2018. Conversely, a decrease of 1.8% was recorded in the number of nights spent.

Also in Malta, the average length of stay went down by 0.2 of a night to 5.6 nights. The net occupancy rate in Malta decreased by 0.8 percentage points, reaching 83.9 per cent, over the same quarter of 2018.

On a national level, total guests in the first nine months of 2019 surpassed 1.5 million, an increase of 0.2% over the same period in 2018.

Total nights spent went down by 3.1%, reaching nearly 7.7 million. The net use of bed-places declined by 2.4 percentage points to 68.7%, the NSO said.

File photograph by Alain Salvary

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