More nights spent by visitors

A total of 817,662 nights were spent in collective accommodation establishments in June, an 8.8 per cent rise over the corresponding month last year, the National Statistics Office said yesterday.

The average length of stay stood at 6.6 nights.

The overall supply of bed-places in the island of Malta alone stood at 37,005 beds, accounting for 95.6 per cent of the national bed-stock and indicating an increase of 0.4 per cent.

On an annual basis, the net use of bed-places went up by 5.3 percentage points to 71.3 per cent. Year on year, the average length of stay increased by 0.5 nights to 6.7 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 97.8 per cent of total guest-nights in Malta.

In Gozo and Comino, the overall supply of bed-places stood at 1,718 beds, up by 5.2 per cent.

The net use of bed-places in June was 67.9 per cent, a drop of 1.9 percentage points. The average length of stay stood at 4.4 nights, an increase of 0.1 nights. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 81.9 per cent of total guest-nights in Gozo.