An increase of five per cent was recorded last year over the year before in the number of outbound passengers, which amounted to 308,296.

About 89 per cent visited EU destinations, a rise of 10 per cent, with Italy and the UK ranking as the most popular.

The number of trips to non-EU destinations dropped by 24 per cent. Maltese tourists spent €296 million abroad last year.

Total package expenditure stood at €44.8 million (€92.8 per night) and that for non-package trips stood at €91.5 million (€50.2 a night).

In December alone, tourist trips stood at 31,044, at par with 2010.

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