Drop in Gozo ferry traffic confirmed

The number of passengers on the Gozo ferries was down 4.2 percent in the key summer months, official figures issued today show. The NSO said commuters totalled 1,246,897 in the third quarter. The number of vehicles carried by scheduled vessels went up...

The number of passengers on the Gozo ferries was down 4.2 percent in the key summer months, official figures issued today show.

The NSO said commuters totalled 1,246,897 in the third quarter. The number of vehicles carried by scheduled vessels went up by 0.1 percent, totalling 331,656.

September was the only month which registered increases in vehicles, up by 3.1 percent.

The number of trips in the second quarter stood at 5,652 a decrease of 0.3 percent from the comparable period last year. The highest number of trips was recorded in August at 1,962 or 34.7 percent of the total number of trips for the period under review.

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