A total of 110,182 people left Malta to go on trips abroad between October and December last year, an increase of 5.3 per cent when compared to the same quarter in 2013, according to the National Statistics Office.
The NSO said there were 101,727 outbound tourist trips, an increase of six per cent over the same quarter in 2013, or of 6.2 per cent if cruise liner passengers were excluded.
The number of outbound tourist trips towards EU countries stood at 89,865, an increase of 8.6 per cent over the same quarter in 2013.
Italy and the United Kingdom remained the most popular destinations, with a share of 57.2 per cent of total tourist trips.
Total outbound visitor trips in 2014 numbered 436,043, an increase of 6.1 per cent over 2013.