Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2024, Malta's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes decreased by 7.1% compared to 2023, reaching 127,885.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 188,318,376.

Malta ranks 27th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 13.6% (from 112,571 in 2019).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.