More Maltese going abroad

A total of 21,121 Maltese travelled in December, an increase of 8.3 percent over the comparative month in 2007, the National Statistics Office said. It said that 95.3 per cent travelled by air. The majority of Maltese travellers were in the 25-44 age...

A total of 21,121 Maltese travelled in December, an increase of 8.3 percent over the comparative month in 2007, the National Statistics Office said.

It said that 95.3 per cent travelled by air.

The majority of Maltese travellers were in the 25-44 age bracket. 24,061 went to EU destinations, the most popular being the UK and Italy. 3,060 chose destinations outside the EU.

The NSO said that throughout last year, the number of Maltese passengers departing by air and sea amounted to 298,995, an increase of 6.9 percent over the corresponding period in 2007.

85.9 percent travelled to EU destinations; the most visited countries being Italy and the UK.

For the cumulative period, male outbound passengers exceeded female ones, the former accounting for 57.4 percent of the total.

The largest proportion of outbound passengers - 45.9 percent - comprised passengers aged between 25 and 44 years, followed by those in the 45-64 age bracket who accounted for 36.9 percent of total outbound tourists.

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