There were an estimated 193,590 outbound tourists for the fourth quarter of last year, according to the latest data from the National Statistics Office. This was an increase of 5.2% over the corresponding quarter in 2018.

Outbound tourists towards EU and non-EU countries during this period increased by 2.0 and 27.5% respectively, when compared to the same quarter of 2018.

The NSO noted that Italy and the UK remained the most popular destinations, with a joint share of 47.1% of the total outbound tourists.

Total nights spent increased by 5.4%, amounting to almost 1.3 million nights. In absolute terms, the majority of guest nights (52.6%) were spent in non-rented accommodation establishments.

Total estimated expenditure by outbound tourists between October and December last year increased by 7.9% over the same quarter of 2018, and stood at €160.1 million, equivalent to an average of €827 per capita, the NSO said.

During 2019 outbound tourists numbered 706,797, this was an increase of 6.0% over 2018, the total nights spent by outbound tourists went up by 2.9%, surpassing 4.6 million nights.

The NSO said that in addition, the total estimated expenditure by outbound tourists stood at €606.2 million, 7.6% higher than that recorded for the same period of 2018.

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