Total cruise passenger traffic last month dropped to 76,646, 4.4 per cent less than in the same month last year, the National Statistics Office said yesterday.

The January to August figure was 346,750, an increase of 14.4 per cent over the same period last year.

Same-day visitors from EU countries accounted for 79.1 per cent of total traffic, the main markets being Spain, Italy and Germany. On the other hand, the American market remained substantial, representing 60.6 per cent of the non-EU incoming passengers.

The overall growth in cruise passenger traffic was underpinned by increases in the American, British and Spanish markets. At the same time, there were falls in the German and Italian markets.

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