3 comments so far.A record 47,900 passengers crossed to Gozo for the Carnival festivities
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47,914 passengers – which was a record number – crossed over to Gozo on Gozo Channel during the 5 days of Carnival festivities, the Gozo Ministry said today
In a statement, the Ministry for Gozo said, compared to 2019, there was an increase of 6.8% in the number of passengers crossing between the two islands. In terms of vehicles, there were 14,960 crossing over to Gozo, which, the Ministry said, was an increase of 8.8% on last year.
Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri, said that these results are the fruit of the collective efforts undertaken to attract visitors to Carnival activities across Gozo, which also means an increase in economic activity and a boost for the tourism industry.
The Minister welcomed the figures, and stressed that this provides encouragement to create more activities and specific events throughout the year to bring more visitors to Gozo.
Minister for Gozo Clint Camilleri concluded by thanking the management and all employees of Gozo Channel for their work during, what were “challenging days,” and also thanked the various entities and all local councils for their work towards making the Carnival such a success.
There was the additional ferry with the Nikolaos this year helping to provide extra capacity, after joining Gozo Channel last June as the fourth vessel in the fleet.
Photo by Alain Salvary
Can Clint tell us how much its costing us tax payers to rent the Nikolaos Ship a day .
Its FREE nobody wants it, and naive Gozo fell for it, i hear of many Britons and tourists including us from the low country that do out-most to skip this ageing third class unfriendly passenger ferry.
After my Accident with two young Maltese i will ask you – how big was the amount of cars the came over ?!
More Tourists – o.k. But how many cars will Gozo tolerate ?