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Outbound Maltese tourists for February were estimated at 16,840. The majority of the trips, or 85.8 per cent, were made to EU destinations.
February 2009
In the month under review, Maltese residents departing by air and sea were estimated at 16,840, the majority of which fell in the 25-44 age bracket. Out of the total outbound tourists, 14,446 visited an EU destination, the most popular being Italy and the UK, while 2,394 chose destinations outside the EU.
January-February 2009
In the first two months this year, the number of Maltese passengers departing by air and sea amounted to 36,595, an increase of 3.3 per cent over the corresponding period last year. Of these, 85.3 per cent travelled to EU destinations, the most visited countries were the UK and Italy.
Male outbound passengers exceeded female ones, the former accounting for 61.7 per cent of the total.
Of every 100 trips made by Maltese passengers, more than half involved passengers aged 25-44. Another 37.7 per cent involved passengers in the 45-64 age bracket.
