Dan il-gvern qeridna: update 2
On www.independent.com.mt, today:
NUMBER OF MALTESE TRAVELLERS UP BY 5%
Outbound tourist trips during September amounted to 39,076, an increase of 4.6% over the corresponding month last year. Total nights spent abroad between January and September were estimated at 1,905,811, the National Statistics Office said Thursday.
The number of outbound tourist trips towards EU destinations was estimated at 33,329, while a further 5,747 trips headed towards Non-EU destinations. Trips to Italy and the UK remained the most popular, with shares of 32 and 18% respectively.
The largest share of outbound tourists were males (59%). Males increased by 14%, whereas females decreased by 7%. Most outbound tourists fell within the 25-44 age bracket (15,576 or 40% of the total), and were followed by the 45-64 age group (12,182). Out of 43,928 outbound visitor trips, the number of same-day visitors was estimated at 4,852 – a decrease of 11% when compared to 2011.
Outbound tourism throughout this nine-month period stood at 247,935, an increase of 5% when compared to the previous year. An estimated 86% of outbound tourists chose to visit EU destinations, with Italy and the UK being the most popular.
Trips to Italy increased by 4%, while those to the UK dropped by 4%, widening the gap between the top two destinations. In total, both EU and Non-EU trips registered increases, reaching 213,745 and 34,190 respectively.
Just over half the total outbound trips were carried out for holiday purposes, while a further 19% were undertaken for business and professional reasons. At 72%, nonpackage travel was significantly higher than package travel.
Further analysis shows that the absolute majority of outbound tourists made use of collective accommodation establishments while abroad.
The average length of stay in collective accommodation stood at 6.0 nights, while that recorded for private accommodation was 11.8 nights (Table 5). Furthermore, trips to EU destinations had an average length of stay of 6.7 nights, while the average for Non-EU countries stood at 14.0 nights.
The longest average length of stay for European countries was registered in the UK at 7.9 nights, followed by Germany with 6.9 nights.
Total outlay by Maltese tourists during the first three quarters stood at €254.2 million, equivalent to €133.4 per person per night. Package expenditure per night stood at €100.4, while nonpackage trips cost an average €53.8 a night
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Jeez, Joey, we’re in deep shit. Hoping you can correct this.
How’s the line at the doughnut outlet? I hear you’ve had to ship in extra fryers and hire more staff, such are starvation levels in Malta.
I heard that in the next budget Tonio Borg will be introducing a new social service, namely, The Starvation Kitchens.
The first one is being set-up in St. George’s Square in Valletta near the fountain, so that after collecting the free meals, the citizens of Valletta, can fill up the water jerrycans to beat the water bills, killing two birds with one stone.
Lengthening, Baxxter. See you next week?
Sure. I’m getting my snowboard waxed as we speak and look forward to several calm, quiet, and Cognac-soaked après-ski evenings, such as this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKaZ4Mopiss
This is for our Eddy, il-gustuz.
http://www.indexmundi.com/g/g.aspx?c=mt&v=67
Watch the figures rising sharply, Eddy. Malta exports of goods and service has shot up to 6.4bn euros in 2011 and is currently at an all time high of 98% of GDP. This means that Malta has grown exponentially under Nationalists governments. By contrast, we had linear decay under the socialist ones.
Malta qatt ma rat daqshekk gid w investiment fl-infrastruttura, la fi zmienkhom u l-anqas fi zmien il-kavallieri.
http://www.tradingeconomics.com/malta/exports-of-goods-and-services-percent-of-gdp-wb-data.html
These are the figures one should be looking at in order to make an objective assesment of this island’s economic performance and achievement.
I know a sizable group of middle aged “dan il-gvern qeridna” men from Zejtun are now holidaying in Thailand.
They have a strong case: Their supporters cannot or better still are not able to see Labour’s bluff
I feel provocative.
Could it be that many of them go to buy medicine from England as they are out of Stock in Malta and much cheaper there?
I know quite a few who to go to see a doctor in Italy, cause they can’t wait months on end for an appointment in Malta.
Could some of them be the blue-eyed boys and girls who are employed in Brussels, who make it a point of coming home on weekends?
Each of these will add 100 in/ out tourists p.a.
Could some of them be those lucky few who go (on private planes) to watch a football match, of course for free.
Means nothing really.
Go to any good and expensive Milan restaurant on any Monday, and you’ll find it jampacked. Berlusconi, at the time Italian premier, had used this line to counter the claims of a crisis in the country.
Then try checking on the unemployment levels, the extent of graduates working pro-bono for finance firms, the quality of life of several tens of thousands…..and you’ll find a different story.
I’ve been wondering what’s become of barrel of joy, Eddy Privitera. I guess maybe he’s abroad.
I don’t think he’s a broad but he says his mum was.
Could be a broad. Very high, squeaky voice often indicates no nuts.