Cruise passengers plunge by 56.9% in May
- Cruise passengers down by 22.9% in July
- Cruise pasengers down by 24.1% in August
- Cruise passenger traffic in June down by 50%
- Cruise passengers down 19.4% in September
- Cruise passengers down 28% in January
- Cruise passengers decline by 4.4% in August
- Cruise passenger traffic down by 22% in October
- September cruise passenger traffic increases by 19.1%
- November cruise passenger traffic drops 22.5%
- Cruise passengers up 33% in December on previous year
- Cruise passengers increase by 22.8% in July
- Tourism cruise passengers increase by 21.5%
- Cruise passenger traffic in 2008 up by 13.9%
- Cruise passenger traffic decreases by 1,530 persons in October
- Cruise passenger traffic down by 17.4% in April
In May 2009, cruise passenger traffic in Malta comprised 32,132 persons, a decrease of 56.9 per cent over the comparative month in 2008.
May 2009 - Total cruise passenger traffic amounted to 32,132, a decrease of 42,432 passengers over the corresponding month in 2008. Embarkations from and landings in Malta stood at 1,185 and 1,138 persons respectively.
January-May 2009 - Total cruise passenger traffic in Malta amounted to 101,879, an decrease of 22.4 per cent over the comparative period last year. Passengers from EU countries accounted for 64.1 per cent of total traffic, the main markets being Germany, the United Kingdom and France. A significant drop was registered in the Italian and Spanish markets. On the other hand, cruise passengers coming from non-EU countries registered an increase of 50.6 per cent, with significant increases in the American market.
On a gender basis, female passengers exceeded male ones by 11.8 per cent. The largest proportion of passengers – 42.3 per cent – comprised persons aged between 60 and 79, followed by those in the 40 to 59 age bracket who accounted for 30.8 per cent of the total.
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