France Inbound Tourism to Malta Year 2021
Malta Tourism Authority Research Unit
Overnight Trips - Timeseries FRANCE
2018
2019
2020
2021
Total International Outbound Trips
43.1 million
44.5 million
13.8 million
22.6 million
International Outbound Trips by Air
26.6 million
27.1 million
7.6 million
13.0 million
Total Inbound Trips: France to Malta
213,299
239,140
70,875
133,912
France’s Share of Total Inbound Trips to Malta
8.2%
8.7%
10.8%
13.8%
Malta’s Share of International Outbound Trips by Air
0.8%
0.9%
0.9%
1.0%
Sources: Global Data, NSO
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Inbound Tourists Inbound Tourists - January to December 300,000
239,140
250,000
213,299 200,000
176,370 150,000
144,805
133,912
100,000
70,875 50,000
0
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: NSO 3
Tourist Guest Nights Guest Nights - January to December 2021
2,000,000
Average Length of Stay:
1,768,292
1,800,000
1,665,788
8.6 Nights
1,600,000
1,400,527
1,400,000 1,200,000
1,156,078
1,123,592
1,000,000 800,000
528,201
600,000
400,000 200,000 0
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: NSO 4
Tourist Expenditure Expenditure in € 000s - January to December
2021
250,000
Average Expenditure Per Capita: €902 192,285
200,000
Average Expenditure Per Night: €104
172,237 154,444 150,000
126,091
120,764
100,000
51,536 50,000
0
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: NSO 5
Seasonality
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
2018
34.2%
35.3%
18.1%
12.3%
2019
31.6%
35.5%
20.2%
12.7%
2020
0.0%
41.5%
18.6%
39.9%
2021
15.5%
49.3%
30.4%
4.8%
Source: NSO 6
Purpose of Visit
Holiday
Business
VFR
Other
2018
83.9%
6.8%
4.0%
5.3%
2019
87.6%
4.4%
3.6%
4.4%
2020
86.3%
4.5%
5.0%
4.2%
2021
87.3%
3.6%
4.7%
4.4%
Source: NSO 7
Age of Inbound Tourists Age 45.0% 40.4% 40.0%
38.0%
36.6%
35.0%
35.0%
36.7%
31.4% 30.0% 25.0%
28.2%
27.2%
23.9%
25.5% 23.0%
22.4%
20.0% 15.0% 11.3% 9.3%
10.0%
5.9%
5.1%
5.0% 0.0%
2018
2019
2020 0-24
25-44
45-64
2021
65+
Source: NSO 8
English Language Learning Type of Course (2021)
Number of Students 10,000
8,844
8,878
8,000 6,000 4,164
General
59.9%
Intensive
31.8%
Specific
2.7%
Other
5.6%
4,000
1,760
2,000 0 2018
2019
2020
2021
Average Length of Stay:
Number of Student Weeks
4.0 Weeks
25,000 20,000
18,461
Market Share of Total TEFL (2021)
19,510 16,754
15,000
15.0%
10,000 4,204
5,000 0 2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: NSO Note: In 2020 and 2021, some courses were held remotely due to Covid-19.
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