There were an an estimated 305,624 inbound tourists to the Maltese Islands during August, while total nights spent amounted to 2,498,251, the National Statistics Office said today.

Of these, 288,627 visited Malta on holiday and 6,925 tourists came on business purposes. The NSO noted that French and German residents made up 42.5% of total inbound tourists.

The largest share of guest nights (83.0%) was spent in rented accommodation establishments. The average length of stay of total inbound tourists stood at 8.2 nights.

The NSO said that in August the total tourist expenditure surpassed €316.6 million. The average expenditure per night was estimated at €126.7.

Inbound tourists during the first eight months of this year amounted to 1,474,365, while the total nights spent nearly reached 10.8 million nights.

For the same period, total tourist expenditure was estimated at €1.3 billion. Total expenditure per capita stood at €873, decreasing from €975 in 2021.

Inbound tourism recovery from the pandemic can be quantified by comparing 2019 and 2022 August data, the NSO said. The year 2019 will be used here as the reference year for the pre-Covid-19 situation.

Total inbound tourists for the month under review have reached 90.8% of those registered pre-Covid-19 and the associated nights spent made up 86.7% of the respective figure.

The segment of inbound tourists visiting Malta for holiday purposes experienced a better recovery (92.1%) than that of tourists visiting Malta for business (71.7%) and other (75.3%) purposes.

The NSO noted that total tourist expenditure has reached 96.1% of its respective pre-Covid-19 value.

File photo by Alain Salvary

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