Inbound tourists in July 2022 topped 273,000

Total inbound tourists for July 2022 were estimated at 273,646, while total nights spent amounted to 2,274,414.

During the month under review, a total of 247,029 inbound tourists visited Malta for holiday purposes, and 11,092 tourists came for business purposes. The largest share of inbound tourists were aged between 0 and 24 (36.7%), followed by the 25-44 age bracket (36.2%). Italian, French and German residents made up 37.3% of total inbound tourists.

The largest share of guest nights (83.6%) was spent in rented accommodation establishments. The average length of stay of total inbound tourists stood at 8.3 nights.

Total tourist expenditure reached €275.0 million. The average expenditure per night was estimated at €120.9.

January-July 2022

During the first seven months of 2022, inbound tourists amounted to 1,168,741, while the total nights spent nearly reached 8.3 million nights.

Total tourist expenditure was estimated at €970.9 million. Total expenditure per capita stood at €831, decreasing from €946 in 2021.

COVID-19 recovery

Comparison can be made between 2019 and 2022 July data to quantify the recovery of inbound tourism from the effects of the pandemic. The year 2019 will be used here as the reference year for the pre-COVID-19 situation.

Total inbound tourists for the month under review have reached 89.9% of those registered pre-COVID-19, and the associated nights spent made up 94.3% of the respective figure.

The highest recovery can be seen in the 0-24 age bracket (106.9%) and the lowest recovery is associated with the 65+ age bracket (75.7%).

The segment of inbound tourists visiting Malta for other purposes experienced a better recovery (95.0 %) than that of tourists visiting Malta for business (90.1%) and holiday (89.6%) purposes.

Total tourist expenditure has reached 96.5% of its respective pre-COVID-19 value.