The National Statistics Office (NSO) has recorded a large boost in incoming tourism for January 2025, estimating the total arrivals at 194,157 – 12.6% higher than that of January 2024.
Of these tourists, 182,177 visited for holiday and 8,495 for business meetings. A majority of the tourists were aged 25 to 44 years (39.4%), followed by the 45 to 64 age group (34.4%). Surprisingly, Polish, United Kingdom, and Italian tourists comprised 46.4% of the total incoming tourists.
The number of tourist nights amounted to 1,128,652, an 11.4% rise compared to the preceding year. The large majority (85.1%) of the guest nights were in rented accommodation establishments. The average stay for tourists was estimated at 5.8 nights.
Total expenditure by tourists in January 2025 amounted to almost €142.6 million, an improvement of 29.4% over the same month in 2024. This corresponds to an average of €126.3 per overnight stay.
The islands of Gozo and Comino welcomed 91,240 visitors, or 47.0% of the total tourists for the month.
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