Tourist arrivals to Malta increase by 20.7% in September

Tourists in Malta increased by 20.7 per cent in September 2024 when compared to the corresponding month in 2023, according to the latest data issued by the National Statistics Office (NSO).

An estimated 361,015 tourists visited Malta in September, with 339,497 tourists visiting for holiday purposes, while 15,078 came for business reasons. The largest proportion of inbound tourists were aged between 25 and 44 (56.4 per cent), followed by those aged between 45 and 64 (28.5 per cent).

British, Italian, and French residents made up 47.1 per cent of total inbound tourists. The total nights spent increased by 15.6 per cent compared to September 2023, nearing 2.5 million nights.

Most guest nights (86.8 per cent) were spent in rented accommodation establishments, and the average length of stay for all inbound tourists stood at 6.9 nights.

Total tourist expenditure exceeded €385.8 million, a rise of 24.1 per cent over the same month in 2023, with the average expenditure per night estimated at €154.8.

The number of tourists visiting Gozo and Comino, including both same-day and overnight visitors, reached 224,950, or 62.3 per cent of total tourists.

Inbound tourists for the first three quarters of 2024 amounted to 2,766,584, an increase of 21.1 per cent compared to the same period in 2023. Total nights spent by inbound tourists rose by 13.7 per cent, approaching 17.9 million nights.

Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €2.6 billion, 23.4 per cent higher than the corresponding period in 2023, with total expenditure per capita increasing to €926 from €908 for the same period the previous year.