Restrictions with travel because of the Covid-19 pandemic was reflected in the number of inbound visitors to the Maltese Islands during November.

The National Statistics Office has said that inbound visitors for November were estimated at 14,936, a decrease of 92.2% when compared to 2019.

10,940 of these inbound tourist trips were for holidays, while a further 2,795 were made for business.

The NSO not that inbound tourists coming from Italy were the most popular, with a share of 24.7% of the total inbound tourists.

When compared to November 2019, total nights spent went down by 82.3%, amounting to 213,868 nights. The NSO said that the largest share of guest nights (43.5 per cent) was spent in non-rented accommodation establishments.

Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €13.2 million, down 90.3% over the corresponding month in 2019.

Inbound tourist trips for the first eleven months of last year amounted to 645,626, a decrease of 75.2% over the same period in 2019, the NSO said.

Total nights spent by inbound tourists reached nearly 5.0 million, a drop of 72.7% when compared to the same period of 2019.

Total tourism expenditure during the period reached nearly €442.0 million, 79.2% less than that recorded during the same period in 2019.

The NSO noted that total expenditure per capita stood at €685, a decrease of 15.8% when compared to the same period in 2019.

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