Outbound Maltese tourism up

Outbound Maltese tourists in May were estimated at 23,615, implying an increase of 11.4 per cent over the same month in 2007, 20,799 (77.3 per cent) of whom travelled by air, the National Statistics Office said. The most popular destinations were Italy...

Outbound Maltese tourists in May were estimated at 23,615, implying an increase of 11.4 per cent over the same month in 2007, 20,799 (77.3 per cent) of whom travelled by air, the National Statistics Office said.

The most popular destinations were Italy and the UK.

Between January and May this year, the number of Maltese passengers departing by air and sea amounted to 101,985, an increase of 17.6 per cent over the corresponding period last year.

Of these, 86.5 per cent travelled to EU destinations with the most visited countries being Italy and the UK.

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