maltatoday, SUNDAY, 2 OCTOBER 2016
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MINISTRY FOR TOURISM
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
17.6%
TOURISTS INCREASED BY
AUGUST 2016
+3.4%
+28.3%
JAN - AUG 2016
AN INCREASE OF 8.6%
OVER JAN - AUG 2015
1,321,536 TOURIST
INCREASE IN DIRECT REVENUE
IN THE MALTESE ECONOMY
€40 Million
IN LESS THAN 3 & A HALF YEARS
OF LABOUR GOVERNMENTS
12.1%
IN A WHOLE LEGISLATURE OF THE
PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT (2008-2013) IN
AUGUST THE TOURISTS INCREASED BY
FOR THE FIRST TIME WE SURPASSED THE QUARTER OF A MILLION FIGURE
2 0 1 2
2 0 1 5
2 0 1 6
256,782 TOURIST
IN LITTLE MORE THAN 3 YEARS
LABOUR GOVERNMENT
ACHIEVED TO ATTRACT MORE TOURISTS
THEN THE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT
DID IN 8 WHOLE YEARS.
2013 2016
INCREASE OF
247,587 TOURIST
TOURISM
A STORY OF SUCCESS
JAN - AUG 2016 TOURISM EXPENDITURE