
Tuesday, 28th April 2009 - 11:26CET
Hotels record steep drop in February arrivals
Arrivals in hotels in February dropped by 14.1 percent compared to the same month last year, while total nights spent decreased by 13 percent over the corresponding month in 2008, the NSO said today.
It said that total arrivals numbered 65,080 of whom 73.8 percent were non-residents. The total nights spent in the hotels was 388,292, a drop of 13 percent, with the steepest drops being in the four and three star categories. The average length of stay as six nights.
Bed stock totalled 36,742, an increase of 0.5 percent from February 2008. On an annual basis, the net use of bed places went down by 3.1 percent to 39.9 percent. Nights spent by non-residents accounted for 92.9 percent of total guest nights.







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MALTA REQUIRES JUST 006% OF THE WORLD TOURISM MARKET
TO ACHIEVE 1MILLION ANNUAL ARRIVALS....................
THANK GOD THAT WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE
TO PROMOTE / SELL ONE OF THE LARGER DESTINATIONS!
Well, guess what - there's worse to come.
If Alfred Sant was in goverment today you'll pobably say that it's his fault ..............Halluna nghixu. Ask restaurant owners bar owners and then speak....
With all due respect to him and you, he seems to be hiding even now! There simply IS no explanation/plan of action indicating what is to be done to get out asap
>Overseas investment has exploded since we joined the EU
again, with all due respect, IF this were the case then we'd be MOVING FORWARD not as the statistics show (on a DAILY basis) we are way down the plug hole.
How can we have 'explosions' of investment and yet our deficit is ever growing at an ALARMIMG rate (even though everyone seems to be fast asleep??)
> this is not a 'GonziPN' doing but a worldwide phenomenon
Agreed .
BUT!!!
It is 'GonziPN' RESPONSILITY nevertheless: the buck stops right on that particular desk.
(The buck btw comes with the job).
Whether you like it or not (and it seems that you don't..).
>perhaps you don't bother keeping abreast of what happens outside your little village!
Hahahaha...
joker to the last, I see.
Yes,I admit.
I need someone like you to explain:
-Investment is 'exploding' and we're going backwards
-Anyone BUT GonziPN is to blame!!!
Right...
:)
Malta sadly could not remain untouched. The bottomline is that most of northern Europe is in financial dire straits, and that includes ordinary people. These same people who would normally fill the Maltese hotels are not travelling - take a look at the airline business and the falling share prices.
Unemployment is rising across Europe, and people are very slow to spend money on foreign holidays.
More than ever, Malta needs Ryanair and to be as competitively priced as possible.
The PM - even during the election campaign - warned that there were signs of problems ahead on the world economy. He never hid that from anyone. Now that it has happened everyone seems intent on blaming the PN Govt for it.
Overseas investment has exploded since we joined the EU - as has our integrity as a nation. Anyone who works in financial services will tell you that there is a gold mine out there. The number of people that work in financial services, IT, egaming and the like has increased steadily every year since we joined the EU. Tourism last year was a record year.
Now we are facing the effect of the recession - and this will happen over the coming months. Brace ourselves - this is not a 'GonziPN' doing but a worldwide phenomenon - or perhaps you don't bother keeping abreast of what happens outside your little village!
You got your break when the PN got us into the EU. Have you taken the trouble to exploit that membership for the betterment of you and yours? The National Day issue does not concern the Govt - it has much more important things to worry about but the PL seem intent on raising these petty issues as they did on 31st March. Then the PL was concerned about a contingent of athletes not voting in the EU election- and the Govt's response, which suits most who will be unavoidably away resulted in hysterical outbursts from the PL! Who is more concerned about petty issues?
@John Abela
If you went to Bugibba last Saturday I am sure it too was BAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH - what do you expect of a summer resort in winter?? Hallina trid!! If that's the best argument you can put up then we really don;t have too many problems!!! Hehehe
a) BEFORE: as always, PN, in order to win votes.
We all remember:
- about the "queues of investors" waiting to invest and therefore "pour their money into our pockets" as soon as we join the EU
- and about how well our economy (& children) will fare as soon as join
-etc etc
Notice the utter silence on HUGE economic issues ( can you immagine the PN machine in action if PN was in the opposition & we had headlines like we've had this week re our economy???)
Even the ever-present back slapping has almost become out of fashion...
b) NOW: after having 'won' the votes, we will no doubt hear the usual: "Well things have changed..." in order to avoid the promises made.
As if "things have changed" excuses & exhonorates one from one's RESPONSABILITIES & PROMISES.
Vera pajjiz tal-Mickey Mouse, tal-misthija (jekk jafu kif) u tal-BIZA!!!
At least tell us what the PLANS for safeguarding what is LEFT, in order to pay off the ever increasing DEBTS are: explain a DECENT plan of action that will get us OUT of the mess we are in.
The same void arguments of the 80's
Please give us a break
Last year was a record year for tourism - I never saw you congratulate the Govt for that result. Now that tourism is down slightly on the record last year, given the worldwide recession, then no one is surprised but you are probably happy that you can carry on with your crusade against GonziPN i the hope that one day the PL will run this country because it is 'your turn'.
The pity is the people who will not be able to find work... and will have to leave the island.
Property marketed stalled and tourist market shrinking - we are pretty much doomed