Ferries' custom up 15 per cent

A total of 771,961 passengers used the Malta-Gozo ferries in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 15.1 per cent over the same period last year, the National Statistics Office said yesterday. The number of passenger vehicles carried increased...

A total of 771,961 passengers used the Malta-Gozo ferries in the first quarter of this year, an increase of 15.1 per cent over the same period last year, the National Statistics Office said yesterday.

The number of passenger vehicles carried increased by 14.5 per cent to 210,814.

The ferries made a total of 4,523 trips between Malta and Gozo in the same period, a rise of 4.9 per cent.

The Malita carried 332,691 passengers or 46.7 per cent of the total. The other two Gozo Channel ferries, the Ta' Pinu and the Gaudos, carried 207,087 and 172,184 passengers respectively.

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