Tourist arrivals in November reached 103,435, an increase of 3.1 per cent when compared to the corresponding month last year, the National Statistics Office said today.

Excluding the passengers who stayed overnight on board their berthed cruise ship, this increase amounted to 3.0 per cent.

A total of 85,789 inbound visits were carried out for holiday purposes, while a further 10,682 were undertaken for business purposes.

Inbound tourists from EU Member States went up by 7.4 per cent to 87,544. The largest proportion of inbound tourists were aged between 45 and 64, followed by those within the 25-44 age bracket.

Total nights spent went up by 3.7 per cent when compared to November 2013, reaching 778,944 nights. The largest share of guest nights (69.1 per cent) was spent hotels.

Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €80.4 million, an increase of 4.1 per cent over the corresponding month last year.

JANUARY-NOVEMBER 2014

Inbound tourism from January to November amounted to 1,647,915, an increase of 8.0 per cent over the same period in 2013. Total nights spent by inbound tourists
went up by 5.0 per cent, reaching 12.9 million nights.

During the period under review, total tourism expenditure was estimated at €1.5 billion, 6.2 per cent higher than that recorded for the same period in 2013. Total per
capita expenditure stood at €910, a decrease of 0.8 per cent when compared to last year’s levels.

2013 FIGURES EXCEEDED

In a statement, Tourism Minister Edward Zammit Lewis welcomed the latest figures and said Malta had already exceeded the records set in the whole of last year.

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