Malta sees big jump in number of tourists in October with 17% increase in 2025

Malta has seen a significant increase in in-bound tourists in October, with 417,103 people coming to the islands, a whopping 17.3 per cent increase from the corresponding month in 2024.

A total of 2,564,811 nights were spent in the Autumn month and total expenditure reached €437.8 million.

The largest share of guest nights (90 per cent) was spent in rented accommodation establishments.

Inbound tourists in the first ten months of 2025 amounted to 3,492,586, while total nights reached 22.2 million. Meanwhile, total tourist expenditure for the period January-October 2025 was estimated at €3.5 billion, while expenditure per capita stood at €993.

This October, a total of 384,519 inbound tourists visited Malta for holiday purposes, and 23,269 tourists came for business. The largest share of inbound tourists consisted of persons aged between 45 and 64 (38 per cent), followed by the 25-44 age bracket (34 per cent). British, Italian and Polish residents made up 41.3 per cent of total bulk of inbound tourists.

Total tourist expenditure stood at €437.8 million, an increase of 22.8 per cent over the corresponding month in 2024. The average expenditure per night was estimated at €170.70.

Meanwhile, half the number of total tourists for the month also visited Gozo and Comino, including both same-day and overnight visitors, totalling 235,351, or 56.4 per cent of total tourists. 

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