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Whole outbound vacationers for the fourth quarter in 2020 had been estimated at 29,080, a lower of 85.zero per cent over the corresponding quarter of 2019.

Outbound Tourism: This fall/2020

October-December 2020

Throughout the quarter below evaluation, a complete of 18,614 outbound vacationer journeys had been undertaken for visiting kin and buddies, whereas an extra 4,836 had been made for vacation functions. The biggest share of outbound vacationers (60.5 per cent) had been aged between 25 and 44 years, and males accounted for many outbound vacationers (59.9 per cent) (Desk 1).

Whole nights spent by outbound vacationers decreased by 66.2 per cent, amounting to 427,576 nights. In absolute phrases, the vast majority of visitor nights (87.Three per cent) had been spent in non-rented lodging institutions (Desk 3). A basic improve within the common size of keep was recorded, particularly amongst vacationers staying in non-rented lodging (Chart 1).

Whole estimated expenditure by outbound vacationers between October and December decreased by 85.6 per cent over the identical quarter of 2019, and stood at €23.zero million, equal to a median €793 per particular person (Tables Four and 5). Italy remained the preferred vacation spot, with a share of 32.1 per cent of whole vacationer journeys (Desk 6).

January-December 2020

Whole outbound vacationer journeys in 2020 numbered 196,508, a lower of 72.2 per cent over 2019 (Desk 7). Whole nights spent by outbound vacationers went down by 64.1 per cent, reaching practically 1.7 million nights (Desk 9). As well as, whole estimated expense by resident vacationers stood at €139.6 million, 77.zero per cent decrease than that recorded in 2019 (Desk 10) ■

Statistics on this Information Launch needs to be interpreted within the context of the COVID-19 scenario.

As a result of COVID-19 scenario, the next tourism-related sequence of occasions befell in 2020:

28-Feb	Passengers flying in from Italy, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Iran and South Korea, from 26 February onwards had been requested to remain in quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
8-Mar	Flights from/to Milan had been suspended.
10-Mar	Flights from/to Italy had been suspended.
10-Mar	Final cruise liner name.
11-Mar	Flights from/to France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, had been suspended.
11-Mar	Passengers flying in from France, Switzerland, Germany, Spain, had been requested to remain in quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
13-Mar	All passengers flying in from all locations had been requested to remain in quarantine for 14 days upon arrival.
18-Mar	Final Virtu’ Ferries service for passengers between Malta and Sicily was operated.
21-Mar	All flights from/to all locations had been suspended.
1-Jul	Re-opening of Malta Worldwide Airport.The first group of locations that reopened for journey comprised: Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Cyprus, Switzerland, Iceland, Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Finland, Eire, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Luxembourg, Czech Republic, Greece and Croatia.
15-Jul	Restrictions on all different flight locations had been lifted.
21-Aug	First cruise liner name since March 2020.

Sources: Malta Tourism Authority, Virtu’ Ferries, Transport Malta and Valletta Cruise Port

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