Category: DMCD
 
18 July 2014 - 14:57
Tourist arrivals in hotels increased in May but the number of bednights was down, official figures issued today show. The NSO said that arrivals and nights in collective accommodation establishments during May stood at 124,778 and 659,892 respectively. The average length of stay was estimated at 5.3 nights. Foreign arrivals were estimated at 116,142, an...
 
18 March 2014 - 14:55
Tourist arrivals in March reached 97,800, an increase of 7.3 per cent when compared to the corresponding month in 2013, the NSO said today. A total of 74,445 inbound visits were carried out for holiday purposes, while a further 12,525 were undertaken for business purposes. Most inbound tourists came from EU Member States, while tourists...
 
28 January 2014 - 13:13
The Association Calls for inquiry into malicious leak of distorted confidential information. The Federated Association of Travel and Tourism Agents expresses its full confidence in the MTA CEO, Josef Formosa Gauci, and unreservedly condemns malicious reports in a section of the media aimed at smearing his integrity. FATTA highlights that Mr Formosa Gauci was appointed...
 
24 January 2014 - 13:14
Travel and tourism agents welcome the results released by the Malta International Airport which formally confirm the expected news that 2013 was yet another record year for the industry. FATTA congratulates the Malta Tourism Authority and Malta International Airport on this achievement of a fourth consecutive record breaking year, and the fifth in the past...
 
8 January 2014 - 14:48
Malta has placed 24th in the tourism competitiveness index of the World Economic Forum, a gain of two Malta was placed ahead of Italy, Greece, Poland Bulgaria, Cyprus and Estonia. Switzerland and Germany remained in the top two positions, followed by Austria and the UK. The USA was in sixth. 140 countries were classified. A...