During February the total number of inbound tourists were estimated at 145,821, this was an increase of 16.5% when compared to last year, the National Statistics Office said today.
124,198 inbound tourist trips were for holiday purposes, while a further 15,074 were made on business.
Inbound tourists travelling from the UK and Italy remained the most popular, with a joint share of 33.9% of the total.
The NSO noted that total nights spent went up by 10.1% when compared to February last year, amounting to 852,875 nights.
The largest share of guest nights (61.1%) was spent in collective accommodation establishments.
Tourist expenditure was estimated to be a total of €86.8 million, an increase of 22.0% over the corresponding month in 2019.
Inbound tourist trips for January and February amounted to 295,059, the NSO said that this was an increase of 16.7% over the same period in 2019.
Total nights spent by inbound tourists during these two months went up by 6.5%, reaching nearly 1.8 million nights.
Total tourism expenditure was estimated at €181.0 million, 16.1% higher than that recorded in 2019. The NSO noted that total expenditure per capita stood at €613, a decrease of 0.5% when compared to 2019.
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