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Total inbound tourists for March 2023 were estimated at 174,382, while total nights spent amounted to 1,057,589, and total expenditure surpassed €126.3 million.

• • • • - The largest share of guest nights (85.4 per cent) was spent in rented accommodation establishments.

- Inbound tourists in the first quarter of 2023 amounted to 443,062, while total nights spent surpassed 2.9 million nights.

• - Total tourism expenditure for the period January-March 2023 was estimated at €312.4 million, while expenditure per capita stood at €705.

   

 During the month under review, a total of 150,523 inbound tourists visited Malta for holiday purposes, and 12,856 tourists came for business purposes. The largest share of inbound tourists were aged between 25 and 44 (38.3 per cent), followed by the 45-64 age bracket (33.5 per cent) (Table 1). United Kingdom, Italian and French residents made up 46.6 per cent of total inbound tourists (Table 5).

Total nights spent went up by 43.1 per cent when compared to March 2022, surpassing 1.0 million nights. The largest share of guest nights (85.4 per cent) was spent in rented accommodation establishments (Table 3). The average length of stay of total inbound tourists stood at 6.1 nights (Table 1).

Total tourist expenditure surpassed €126.3 million, an increase of 57.7 per cent over the corresponding month in 2022 (Table 4). The average expenditure per night was estimated at €119.5 (Chart 2b).

January-March 2023

Inbound tourists for the first quarter of 2023 amounted to 443,062, while the total nights spent surpassed 2.9 million nights (Tables 6 and 8).

Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €312.4 million (Table 9). Total expenditure per capita decreased to €705 from €710 in 2022 (Table 11).

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