United Kingdom Inbound Tourism to Malta Year 2021
Malta Tourism Authority Research Unit
Overnight Trips - Timeseries UNITED KINGDOM
2018
2019
2020
2021
Total International Outbound Trips
83.1 million
83.3 million
21.7 million
43.5 million
International Outbound Trips by Air
71.3 million
73.4 million
18.6 million
37.6 million
Total Inbound Trips: United Kingdom to Malta
640,570
649,624
135,944
214,267
United Kingdom’s Share of Total Inbound Trips to Malta
24.6%
23.6%
20.6%
22.1%
Malta’s Share of International Outbound Trips by Air
0.9%
0.9%
0.7%
0.6%
Sources: Global Data, NSO
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Inbound Tourists Inbound Tourists - January to December 700,000
640,570 600,000
559,988
649,624
560,892
500,000
400,000
300,000
214,267 200,000
135,944 100,000
0
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: NSO 3
Tourist Guest Nights Guest Nights - January to December 2021
5,000,000 4,500,000
4,611,840
4,499,759 4,262,304
Average Length of Stay:
4,439,274
8.1 Nights
4,000,000 3,500,000 3,000,000 2,500,000 2,000,000
1,730,720
1,500,000
1,036,765 1,000,000 500,000 0
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: NSO 4
Tourist Expenditure Expenditure in € 000s - January to December 600,000
2021 517,306
500,000
485,142
Average Expenditure Per Capita: €1,031
514,388
473,065
Average Expenditure Per Night: €128
400,000
300,000
220,879 200,000
92,239
100,000
0
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
Source: NSO 5
Seasonality
Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter
2018
29.9%
32.4%
22.0%
15.7%
2019
28.8%
32.3%
23.3%
15.6%
2020
0.0%
28.2%
7.0%
64.8%
2021
1.9%
55.5%
41.9%
0.6%
Source: NSO 6
Purpose of Visit
Holiday
Business
VFR
Other
2018
85.3%
4.1%
9.1%
1.4%
2019
85.5%
4.2%
9.1%
1.2%
2020
80.5%
5.1%
12.2%
2.2%
2021
88.2%
2.7%
8.2%
0.8%
Source: NSO 7
Age of Inbound Tourists Age 45.0% 39.2%
39.1%
40.0%
37.2%
35.0%
33.3%
31.5%
30.0%
30.0%
35.9%
35.7%
25.0% 18.3%
20.0% 15.0%
17.0%
16.3%
14.7%
14.3%
12.6%
12.9%
12.1%
10.0% 5.0% 0.0%
2018
2019
2020 0-24
25-44
45-64
2021
65+
Source: NSO 8
Malta Tourism Authority Research Unit Databank available on www.mta.com.mt