Malta’s outbound tourist trips grow in 2018

Published by
Christian Keszthelyi

Outbound tourist trips from Malta was up by year-on-year 16.5% to 667,048 in total in 2018, according to the most recent statistics published by Malta’s National Statistics Office (NSO).

The number of total nights reached almost 4.5 million, a growth of 14.2% as compared to the preceding year. The total estimated outlay by resident tourists was up by year-on-year 9% to €563.2m

During the last quarter of 2018, outbound tourists toward both EU end non-EU countries grew by 13.3% and 25.1%, respectively, as compared to the previous year. The most popular destination was still the United Kingdom with a joint share of 48.7% of total tourist trips, NSO figures show.

Total nights spent by outbound tourists exceeded 1.2 million nights in Q4 2018, a growth of 15%, as compared to the same period a year earlier. In absolute terms, 50.3% of guest nights were spent in non-rented accommodation establishments, according to the NSO.

Total estimated outlay by outbound tourists stood at €148.4m, year-on-year growth of 7.8% in Q4 2018. This equals to an average of €807 spent per trip.

The full report including charts and visual representation of data is available for download at the website of NSO.

Christian Keszthelyi

Christian used to be the editor of Business Malta, the predecessor of Malta Business Weekly’s online platform. As an avid journalist and writer, he believes that good content has a great flow that seamlessly guides the reader from the beginning to the end. He knows that words have immense power, and ruthlessly edits his own copy when chasing perfection (although he knows an article is never ready.)

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