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It-Turiżmu ʼl Barra minn Malta: K3/2024  

NR 214/2024
Data tal-Ħruġ: 14 taʼ Novembru 2024

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  • Bejn Lulju u Settembru 2024, is-safar taʼ residenti taʼ Malta ʼl barra mill-pajjiż laħaq il-273,082 safra (+10.1 fiil-mija), filwaqt li l-għadd taʼ ljieli mqattgħin laħaq bʼkollox il-1,883,519-il lejl (+3.6 fil-mija).
  • L-Italja baqgħet l-aktar destinazzjoni popolari bʼsehem taʼ 44.1 fil-mija mit-total.
  • Il-biċċa l-kbira tal-iljieli (57.3 fil-mija) kienu mqattgħin fʼpostijiet taʼ akkomodazzjoni mikrija.
  • Fl-ewwel tlett kwarti tal-2024, is-safar taʼ residenti taʼ Malta ʼl barra mill-pajjiż laħaq il-641,480 safra (+7.7 fil-mija), filwaqt li l-iljieli kollha mqattgħin fihom kważi laħaq l-4.3 miljun lejl (+3.4 fil-mija).
  • In-nefqa kollha fuq it-turiżmu għall-perjodu bejn Lulju u Settembru 2024 kienet stmata li tilħaq il-€597.4 miljun (+10.9 fil-mija), filwaqt li n-nefqa ras għal ras kienet ta’ €931 (+3.0 fil-mija).

It-Turiżmu ʼl Barra minn Malta: K3/2024

It-Turiżmu ʼl Barra minn Malta: K3/2024

NR 214/2024
Data tal-Ħruġ: 14 taʼ Novembru 2024

Fit-tielet kwart tal-2024, it-turisti kollha li ħarġu ʼl barra mill-pajjiż, li fil-fatt huma r-residenti taʼ Malta li siefru, kienu stmati li jilħqu l-273,082, żieda taʼ 10.1 fil-mija meta mqabbiln mal-istess perjodu taʼ sena qabel. L-iljieli kollha mqattgħin barra mill-pajjiż żdiedu bi 3.6 fil-mija u laħqu l-1,883,519.
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Lulju-Settembru 2024

Matul it-tliet xhur trattati f’din l-istqarrija, saru bʼkollox 196,271 safra ʼl barra mill-pajjiż għall-btala; warajhom kien hemm 44,598 safra li saru għal żjarat lill-ħbieb u l-qraba. Il-biċċa l-kbira taʼ dawn it-turisti kellhom bejn il-25 u l-44 sena (44.9 fil-mija), filwaqt li warajhom kien hemm dawk fil-kategorija taʼ bejn il-45 u l-64 sena (26.6 fil-mija) (Tabella nru 1).

It-turisti li siefru biex imorru fʼpajjiżi tal-Unjoni Ewropea u t-turisti l-oħra li telqu biex imorru fʼpajjiżi oħra żdiedu bi 11.6 fil-mija u bʼ4.4 fil-mija, rispettivament. L-Italja baqgħet il-pajjiż fejn l-aktar li jmorru n-nies minn Malta, bʼpersentaġġ taʼ 44.1 fil-mija tas-safar kollu (Tabella nru 6).

L-iljieli kollha mqattgħin mit-turisti li siefru fit-tielet kwart tal-2024 kważi laħqu l-1.9 miljun lejl. L-akbar għadd taʼ dawn l-iljieli (57.3 fil-mija) kien mqattaʼ fʼakkomodazzjonijiet mikrija (Tabella nru 3). Matul dan is-safar, it-turisti qagħdu medja taʼ 6.9 ljieli (Tabella nru 1).

Sena għal sena, bejn Lulju u Settembru, l-infiq kollu mit-turisti li ħarġu ʼl barra mill-pajjiż laħaq il-€267.5 miljun, li jiġi daqs medja taʼ €979 kull persuna (Tabelli nri 4 u 5).

Jannar-Settembru 2024

Fl-ewwel tliet kwarti tas-sena 2024, is-safar kollu ʼl barra minn Malta laħaq is-641,480 safra (Tabella nru 7), li huma żieda ta’ 7.7 fil-mija meta mqabblin mal-istess perjodu tal-2023 (Tabella nru 7). L-iljieli mqattgħin minnhom telgħu bi 3.4 fil-mija, u kważi laħqu l-4.3 miljun lejl (Tabella nru 9). Barra minn hekk, l-infiq kollu minfuq minnhom kien stmat li laħaq il-€597.4 miljun, li jiġi 10.9 fil-mija aktar minn dak irreġistrat fl-istess perjodu fis-sena taʼ qabel (Tabella nru 10).

Ċart nru 1. L-għadd sħiħ taʼ turisti li siefru ʼl barra minn Malta, biż-żmien

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Ċart nru 2. It-tul medju taż-żjajjar bis-sena u t-tip taʼ akkomodazzjoni

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Ċart nru 3a. L-infiq sħiħ, ras għal ras, mit-turisti li siefru ʼl barra minn Malta

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Ċart nru 3b. L-infiq sħiħ, kull lejl, mit-turisti li siefru ʼl barra minn Malta

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Ċart nru 4. L-infiq medju, ras għal ras, bid-destinazzjoni fejn ikunu marru t-turisti

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Methodological Notes

1. This release focuses on outbound tourism, which comprises the activities of Maltese residents travelling to, and staying in places outside Malta (i.e. outside their usual environment), and staying for not more than 12 consecutive months for personal, business or other purposes.
 
2. Data on outbound tourism trips are collected from an ongoing frontier national survey known as Tourstat. Tourist air departures are collected through a continuous survey carried out at the departure lounge of the Malta International Airport. A two-stage sampling design is used to collect data on air passengers. In the first stage, alternate days and nights are selected. In the second stage, within each shift, a sample of passengers is selected systematically. Every crossing air passenger is counted and respondents are selected using a pre-defined interval of 1:20.
 
3. Tourist Sea departures survey data is supplemented by administrative data provided by ferry operators.
 
4. ‘Tourist trips’ differs from the ‘number of tourists’ such that the same person can undertake more than one trip during a reference period.
 
5. Absolute and percentage changes between one survey estimate and another based on less than 1,500 tourists should be treated with caution and are represented in this news release by means of the dash symbol (-).
 
6. Owing to Croatia’s entry into the Eurozone (with effect from 1 January 2023), Croatian data is statistically classified as being in the Euro area from January 2023. Comparability between comparative periods should be treated with caution.
 
7. Expenditure data in this release represent the budgeted expenditure of outbound tourists prior to their departure.
 
8. Data included in this release are based on sample data and are therefore subject to sampling error. Sampling error is measured by a quantity known as the margin of error, which in turn, expresses the variability between the true population parameters and their corresponding sample estimates. In the table below, the margin of error is used to construct a set of 95 per cent confidence intervals for the main indicators, which gives an indication of where the true population parameters lie.

Sampling variability of outbound tourism figures

Estimate Margin of error 95% confidence interval
Outbound tourists 273,082 2,960 273,082 ± 2,960
Total nights 1,883,519 60,540 1,883,519 ± 60,540
Total expenditure (€ 000) 267,472 6,123 267,472 ± 6,123

9. Definitions:

●  Usual environment: the geographical area, though not necessarily a contiguous one, within which an individual conducts his regular life routines and shall be determined on the basis of the following criteria: the crossing of administrative borders or the distance from the place of usual residence, the duration of visit, the frequency of visit and the purpose of visit.

●  Resident: a person is considered to be a resident of Malta/Gozo if:

a. S/he has lived for most of the past 12 months in Malta/Gozo;

b. S/he has lived in Malta/Gozo for less than 12 months but intends to return within a year to settle here.

●  Traveller: a person who moves between different geographic locations, for any purpose and any duration.

●  Visitor: the three fundamental criteria used to distinguish visitors from travellers are:

a. The trip should be to a place other than that of the usual environment, which would exclude short-distance local transport and commuting, i.e. more or less regular trips between the place of work/study and the place of residence;

b. The stay in the place visited should not last more than 12 consecutive months, beyond which the visitor would become a resident of that place (from the statistical standpoint);

c. The main purpose of the visit should be other than the exercise of an activity remunerated from within the place visited, which would exclude migratory movements for work purposes.

●  Tourist trips: trips with at least one overnight stay in either rented or non-rented accommodation in the place/country visited.

●  Total nights spent: nights which a guest actually spends or is registered to spend in a rented accommodation or in a non-rented accommodation.

●  Average length of stay: the number of nights spent divided by the number of tourists during a specified reference period.

●  Rented accommodation: consists of the following two sub-categories:

a. Collective accommodation: comprises hotels, guesthouses, hostels, tourist villages, holiday complexes, Bed & Breakfast establishments and campsites;

b. Other rented accommodation: comprises holiday furnished premises (farmhouses, flats and villas), host families, marinas, paid-convents, rented yachts and student dormitories.

●  Non-rented accommodation: comprises own private residence (owned dwellings, owned caravans and yachts), staying with friends or relatives (even if charged – includes also friends’ private apartments) and other private accommodation (oil rig, free-convents or timeshare, etc.).

●  Total expenditure: refers to the amount that is going to be paid for the acquisition of consumption goods and services, as well as valuables during tourism trips. It includes expenditures by visitors themselves, as well as expenses that are paid for or reimbursed by others. Maltese residents are asked to budget the expenditures which they are about to incur when travelling abroad. The total expenditure is broken down by the following expenditure categories:

a. Package expenditure: the whole amount of money spent on transport, accommodation and other services such as rental of a car, activities or outings during the trip;

b. Non-Package expenditure: the amount of money spent on transport and accommodation reported separately;

c. Other expenditure: the amount spent on shopping, souvenirs, tickets for concerts or sport events, entrance to museums or zoos and day excursions during a tourism trip. It also includes durables and valuable goods, that is, the amount spent on cars, computers, paintings, jewellery and works of art.

10. More information relating to this news release may be accessed at:

Sources and methods
Statistical concepts 
Metadata

11. The Tourstat survey was suspended between 12 March and 30 June 2020.

12. References to this news release are to be cited appropriately. For guidance on access and re-use of data please visit our dedicated webpage.

13. For further assistance send your request through our online request form.

14. A detailed news release calendar is available online.

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