Cruise Passenger data for 2015 shows that passenger traffic to Valletta surged by more than a quarter compared to the previous year. Around 2,225 passengers visited Gozo, and 5,300 spent at least one night on board their berthed cruise liner.
According to the National Statistics Office, EU visitors made up three-quarters of the total traffic, and most of them hailed from Italy, Germany and France. A quarter of the rest were from the US. Cruise passenger traffic for the year stood at 600,156 – a rise of 27.3 per cent over 2014. In all, there were 307 cruise liner calls in 2015, compared to 303 calls in 2014. See full article.