Visitors on cruise liners dropped by 60 percent last month from March 2007 to reach 6,166 persons, the NSO said.

Embarkations from and landings in Malta during this month were practically nil.

Total cruise passenger traffic to Malta between January and March amounted to 10,823, a decrease of 45.6 percent over the same period last year.

Same-day visitors from EU countries accounted for 91.1 per cent of total traffic, the main markets being Germany, Spain and Italy.

On a gender basis, male passengers exceeded female ones by 26.0 per cent. The largest proportion of passengers - 38.4 per cent - comprised persons aged between 60 and 79 years, followed by those in the 40-59 age bracket who accounted for 31.6 per cent of the total.

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