There was an increase in trips and a decrease in passengers and vehicles making the crossings on Gozo Channel in the first quarter when compared to last year, the National Statistics Office said today.

1,038,142 passengers travelled between Malta and Gozo during the first quarter, this was down 9.5% when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2019.

The highest number of passengers was recorded in February at 429,259 or 41.4% of the total for the quarter.

When compared to the previous year, the number of vehicles decreased by 1.8%, totalling 356,997, the NSO said.

The number of trips amounted to 7,324, an increase of 34.4% on last year, with he majority of trips taking place in February, amounting to 2,494 or 34.1% of total trips.

In January-March, the passenger traffic originating from Cirkewwa was busiest on Fridays (97,881) and Saturdays (88,140), while the highest numbers from Mgarr were recorded on Sundays (102,606) and Mondays (73,494).

Photograph by Alain Salvary

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