The growth might have well been fuelled by aircraft movements increasing by 8.9% and seat capacity improving by 6.4% in February, as compared to the same month a year earlier.

Measuring the occupancy of seats available on flights operated from Malta Airport, seat load factor (SLF) for February stood at 75.9%, the airport says.

The majority of the passengers were from the United Kingdom, Italy, Germany, France, and Spain, cumulatively covering 60% of all passenger movements recorded in February.

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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.

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