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Cruise passenger traffic decreased by 60.1 per cent in March

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In March 2008, total cruise passenger traffic amounted to 6,166, a decrease of 9,275 passengers or 60.1 per cent over the same month in 2007. Embarkations from and landings in Malta during this month were practically nil.

January-March 2008

Total cruise passenger traffic in Malta amounted to 10,823, a decrease of 45.6 per cent over the same period last year. Same-day visitors from EU countries accounted for 91.1 per cent of total traffic, the main markets being Germany, Spain and Italy.

On a gender basis, male passengers exceeded female ones by 26.0 per cent. The largest proportion of passengers - 38.4 per cent - comprised persons aged between 60 and 79 years, followed by those in the 40-59 age bracket who accounted for 31.6 per cent of the total.

There were four cruise liner calls in March, bringing the total of the first three months of 2008 to six. The graph above shows that the average number of passengers per vessel is on the increase.


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