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During the third quarter this year, the number of guests and nights in Gozo and Comino increased to 31,416 and 99,925 respectively from 24,453 and 66,811 registered in 2020, the National Statistics Office said today.
The average length of stay in Gozo and Comino increased by 0.4 of a night to 3.2 nights. While the net occupancy rate increased by 19.6 percentage points to 60.3% the NSO said.
Total guests in the first nine months of 2021 in Gozo and Comino amounted to 49,917, up from 39,072 in the same period last year. Total nights spent went up to 141,566 from 104,463 in the previous year.
On a national basis, the NSO said that total guests in collective accommodation establishments during the third quarter of 2021 numbered 418,713 while total nights spent amounted to 2,168,580.
The largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels , with 46.8% of the total.
The average length of stay, in collective accommodation establishments, went up to 5.2 nights in the third quarter of 2021 from the average of 4.1 nights registered during the same quarter of 2020.
The net use of bed-places stood at 54.8%, up by 24.8 percentage points when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year, the NSO said.
On a national level, during September, there were 216 active collective accommodation establishments with a net capacity of 18,776 bedrooms and 43,269 bed-places.
On a regional level, total guests in Malta numbered 387,297 while number of nights spent stood at 2,068,655.
When compared with the same quarter of the previous year, in Malta, the average length of stay went up by 1.1 of a night to 5.3 nights.
The net occupancy rate in Malta increased by 25.0 percentage points, reaching 54.5 per cent.
Total guests on a national basis in the first nine months of 2021 amounted to 644,412 , an increase of 9.85 over the same period in 2020. Total nights spent went up by 23.6%, surpassing 3 million nights.
The net use of bed-places went down by 0.1 percentage points to 30.3%, the NSO said.
File photo by Alain Salvary
