April tourists down 3.1% and expenditure by 10.7%
- Inbound tourists drop by 17.6% in May
- Inbound tourists down 11.9% in June and 13.8% overall
- Inbound tourists for August down by 3.5%
- Inbound tourists down by 9.2% in July and 12.8% overall
- Inbound tourists down by 10.6% in February
- Inbound tourists down by 12.4% in December
- Inbound tourists drop by 10.8% in November
- Inbound tourists down by 6.8% in September
- Inbound tourists for 2009 down 8% on previous year
- Inbound tourists drop by 21.4% and spending by 21.1%
- Inbound tourists drop 9.3%, nights spent drop 12.3% and per capita expenditure drops 7.3%
- Inbound tourists down by 9% from January to November
- Inbound tourism in October down 2.1% on last year
- Tourists increase 3.0% but length of stay down by 14.9%
- Tourists up 10% in January on last year
Tourstat survey data indicates that inbound tourists in April were estimated at 101,597, a decrease of 3.1 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year, and practically unchanged compared to April 2007.
Departing tourists: April 2009
The majority of tourists, or 98.7 per cent, came to Malta by air. Results also show that an estimated 82,382 tourists came to Malta on holiday, the majority from EU Member States. A further 11,534 visited the island for business purposes.
Meanwhile, total nights spent decreased by 8.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2008. Total nights spent in private accommodation decreased by 8.9 per cent, while guest nights in collective accommodation decreased by 8.1 per cent. Overall, the average length of stay is calculated at 7.0 nights, down by 0.4 nights when compared to April 2008.
January-April 2009
Inbound tourists for the first four months are estimated at 275,636, a decline of 12.9 per cent over the corresponding period in 2008. In absolute terms, the change is mainly attributable to a decrease in holiday visits from the British, German and Spanish markets. On the other hand, increases were recorded in the Libyan, Italian and Swiss markets.
88.5 per cent of all inbound visits comprised tourists coming from EU Member States. For the period under review, the majority of inbound tourists chose non-package travel, while the demand for package trips decreased by 9.5 per cent. The largest proportion of inbound passengers were aged between 45-64, followed by those in the 25-44 age bracket. Together, these two categories made up 74.2 per cent of total tourists.
During the same period, total nights spent decreased by 13.7 per cent when compared to January-April 2008. Nights spent in private accommodation decreased by 5.8 per cent, while guest nights in collective accommodation decreased by 16.2 per cent. The average length of stay is calculated at 7.7 nights, a decrease of 0.1 nights over the estimates for 2008.
In the period under review, total tourist expenditure is estimated at €187.7 million, down by 10.7 per cent when compared to 2008. Decreases were recorded throughout all expenditure categories.
The survey results indicate that the per capita total expenditure is estimated at €696, an increase of 3.3 per cent when compared to 2008 levels
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