In the fourth quarter of 2022, the largest share of guest nights was reported in 4-star hotels, with 46.4 per cent of the total (Tables 1 and 2).

The average length of stay in collective accommodation establishments went down to 4.2 nights in the fourth quarter of 2022, from the average of 4.6 nights registered during the same quarter of 2021. The net use of bed-places stood at 49.8 per cent, up by 8.9 percentage points when compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year (Table 3).

On a national level, during December 2022, there were 251 active collective accommodation establishments with a net capacity of 18,227 bedrooms and 41,809 bed-places (Table 4).

Regional breakdown

On a regional level, total guests in Malta numbered 447,098 while number of nights spent stood at 1,913,262. Total guests and nights in Gozo and Comino increased to 21,368 and 54,198 respectively from 19,729 and 54,060 registered in 2021 (Tables 1 and 2).

When compared with the same quarter of the previous year, in Malta, the average length of stay went down by 0.4 of a night to 4.3 nights. In Gozo and Comino the average length of stay decreased by 0.2 of a night to 2.5 nights. The net occupancy rate in Malta increased by 9.6 percentage points, reaching 50.8 per cent, and that in Gozo and Comino decreased by 3.0 percentage points to 29.9 per cent (Table 3).

January-December 2022

Total guests for the year 2022 amounted to 1,812,834, an increase of 831,044 over the same period in 2021 (Table 1). Total nights spent increased by 3,593,362 reaching 8,204,068 nights (Table 2). The net use of bed-places went up by 20.1 percentage points to 53.3 per cent (Table 3)

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