There were increases in the number of trips and decreases in passengers and vehicles on Gozo Channel during the third quarter when compared to last year, the National Statistics Office said today.
The Covid-19 pandemic has been taking its toll on visitors to Gozo and a total of 1,278,474 passengers travelled between Malta and Gozo during the third quarter, down by 30.5% on last year.
August saw the highest number of passengers – 452,929 or 35.4% of the total for the quarter. When comparing to the previous year, the number of vehicles decreased by 3.1% totalling 521,914.
There were 8,300 in the third quarter, an increase of 0.7% over the same period in 2019. The majority of trips took place in July – 2,790 or 33.6% of total trips for the quarter, the NSO said.
Passenger and vehicle traffic during January to September originating from Cirkewwa was busiest on Fridays and Saturdays, the NSO said, whereas highest numbers from Mgarr were recorded on Sundays and Mondays.
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