Almost 274,000 inbound tourists arrived in July – NSO

Latest data from the National Statistics Office show that the total inbound tourists for July were estimated at 273,646, while total nights spent amounted to 2,274,414.

247,029 inbound tourists visited Malta on holiday, followed by 11,092 tourists who came to the Maltese Islands on business.

The NSO noted that French, German and Italian residents made up 37.3% of total inbound tourists.

The largest share of guest nights (83.6%) was spent in rented accommodation establishments. The average length of stay of total inbound tourists stood at 8.3 nights.

Total tourist expenditure reached almost €275.0 million. The average expenditure per night was estimated at €120.9.

Inbound tourists during the seven months of 2022 amounted to 1,168,741, while the total nights spent reached almost 8.3 million nights, the NSO said.

Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €970.9 million. Total expenditure per capita stood at €831, decreasing from €946 in 2021.

Covid-19 recovery

The NSO highlighted that comparison can be made between 2019 and 2022 July data to quantify the recovery of inbound tourism from the effects of the pandemic. The year 2019 is being used here as the reference year for the pre-Covid-19 situation.

Total inbound tourists for the month under review have reached 89.9% of those registered pre-Covid-19, and the associated nights spent made up 94.3% of the respective figure.

The NSO also noted that the segment of inbound tourists visiting Malta for “other” purposes experienced a better recovery (95.0%) than that of tourists visiting Malta for business (90.1%) and holiday purposes (89.6%).

“Total tourist expenditure has reached 96.5% of its respective pre-Covid-19 value,” the NSO said.

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