More growth in cruise business

The number of cruise passengers who visited Malta last month reached 76,812, an increase of 12,339 or 19 per cent over the same period last year, according to figures released by National Statistics Office yesterday. Embarkations from and landings in...

The number of cruise passengers who visited Malta last month reached 76,812, an increase of 12,339 or 19 per cent over the same period last year, according to figures released by National Statistics Office yesterday.

Embarkations from and landings in Malta stood at 3,004 and 3,227 persons respectively.

Cruise passenger traffic between January and September has increased by 15.2 per cent to 423,562 over the same period last year.

There were 61 cruise liner calls last month, bringing the total for the first nine months of the year to 303, compared to 256 in the corresponding period last year.

The overall growth in cruise passenger traffic was strengthened by increases in the American, British and Spanish markets. At the same time, the cruise passenger scene was characterised by a drop in the German and Italian markets.

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