Vacation vibes! Malta tourist numbers rise in 2023, with North Harbour area a favourite for stays
The majority of tourists travelling to Malta in 2023 did so via low-cost airlines
It seems that Malta’s tourism industry has well and truly recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic dip that affected travelling worldwide for a couple of years.
The National Statistics Office has compiled a study comparing the tourism of 2023 to that of the previous year, showing an increase from 2,286,597 in 2022 to 2,975,670 tourist arrivals. The majority of these tourists travelled to Malta using low-cost airlines, with a whopping 61.3% opting for airlines such as Ryanair and easyJet.
The most popular area of accommodation among these tourists was the Northern Harbour district, comprising 48% of total guests. This district covers the smallest area out of all the districts in Malta, but has the highest population, and includes St Julian’s, Sliema, Imsida and Hamrun, among other localities.
The study also revealed that the largest market of tourists visiting Malta is Italy, with 17% of the total guests hailing from there. Gozo and Comino, on the other hand, seem to mostly attract tourists from the United Kingdom, which account for 30% of all tourists visiting Malta’s sister islands.
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