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Malta

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Malta is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

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International Tourist Arrivals

4,022,310

Latest verified value · 2025

International Tourism Receipts

$6.6B

Latest verified value · 2024

Tourist Nights

12.5M

Latest verified value · 2025

TCTI Destination Profile

Growing tourism destination

Malta has experienced rapid long-term tourism growth, while tourism demand is distributed relatively evenly throughout the year. This profile is calculated from the best available annual and monthly tourism records currently held by TCTI.

Executive tourism profile for Malta

Profile confidence

100

/ 100

Confidence reflects the intelligence modules currently supported by compatible source data.

Growth profile

Rapid growth

Seasonality profile

Low seasonality

What this means

  • Rapid visitor growth may increase demand for accommodation, transport, infrastructure, and destination management.
  • A relatively even annual distribution may support more consistent employment and infrastructure use.

The destination profile combines TCTI's available growth and seasonality intelligence. Confidence reflects whether both compatible annual-arrivals and monthly-tourist-night datasets are available.

Tourism Intelligence

Executive summary

A concise interpretation of the strongest official tourism records currently available for Malta.

6 indicators available
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
High income

Malta is a tourism destination in Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan. This dashboard presents the best available tourism indicators and historical arrivals data from official sources.

International tourist arrivals were 4,022,310 in 2025. International tourism receipts were $6.6B in 2024. Recorded tourist nights reached 12.5M in 2025. Residents took 1.2M in 2024 overnight tourism trips. Tourism's direct contribution to GDP was 5.9% in 2015.

The figures shown here are drawn from OECD, UN Tourism, and Eurostat. Reporting years may differ between indicators because TCTI displays the strongest verified or published value currently available for each measure.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism Seasonality

How international tourist nights were distributed throughout 2025 in Malta.

TCTI Insight

Relatively balanced

Confidence

95%

Malta's international tourist nights were most concentrated in August, which accounted for 11.4% of the annual total. The three busiest months—July, August, October—accounted for 32.4% of annual international tourist nights.

Peak month

August

11.4% of annual international nights

Quietest month

January

4.7% of annual international nights

Top three months

32.4%

July, August, October

Summer share

31.3%

Share occurring during June, July, and August

Winter share

16.8%

Share occurring during December, January, and February

Monthly distribution

International tourist nights by month

Annual total 11.8M

Jan

4.7%

549.6K

Feb

6%

700.1K

Mar

7.4%

869.4K

Apr

8.7%

1M

May

8.9%

1.1M

Jun

9.3%

1.1M

Jul

10.7%

1.3M

Aug

11.4%

1.3M

Sep

9.3%

1.1M

Oct

10.3%

1.2M

Nov

7.4%

866.9K

Dec

6.1%

719.3K

What this means

  • Higher seasonal concentration can increase pressure on infrastructure, accommodation, and local services during peak periods.
  • Quieter and shoulder months may offer opportunities to distribute visitor demand more evenly throughout the year.

Seasonality is calculated from a complete set of 12 monthly international tourist-night observations. The seasonality score uses a normalized concentration index, where 0 represents an even monthly distribution and 100 represents complete concentration in one month.

Derived Intelligence

Tourism growth

How international tourist arrivals changed between 2015 and 2025.

TCTI Growth Insight

Rapid growth

Confidence

95%

Malta's international tourist arrivals increased by 125.5% between 2015 and 2025. This is equivalent to an average annual growth rate of +8.5%. The sharpest annual decline was 76.1% in 2020.

Total growth

+125.5%

2015 to 2025

Average annual growth

+8.5%

Compound annual growth rate

Starting arrivals

1.8M

Reported in 2015

Latest arrivals

4M

Reported in 2025

Largest annual increase

+136.2%

Change recorded in 2022

Largest annual decline

-76.1%

Change recorded in 2020

What this means

  • Long-term growth trends can indicate changes in destination popularity.
  • Growth should be interpreted alongside seasonality, visitor spending, and tourism dependence.

Growth is calculated using the earliest and latest available international arrivals data held by TCTI. Results may reflect gaps or methodological changes in the underlying series.

Key Tourism Indicators

Tourism performance at a glance

Verified tourism indicators currently available for Malta. Reporting years may differ by dataset.

2025

International Tourist Arrivals

4,022,310

OECD · 2025

OECD Inbound Tourism

VerifiedCurrent
2024

International Tourism Receipts

$6.6B

UN Tourism · 2024

International Tourism Receipts

VerifiedCurrent
2025

Tourist Nights

12.5M

Eurostat · 2025

Tourist Nights at Accommodation Establishments

VerifiedCurrent
2015

Tourism Direct Share of GDP

5.9%

OECD · 2015

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedHistorical
2024

Tourism Employment Share

19.1%

OECD · 2024

OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators

VerifiedCurrent
2024

Resident Tourism Trips

1.2M

Eurostat · 2024

Resident Tourism Trips

VerifiedCurrent

Rankings & Comparisons

How Malta compares

Positions use each country's best currently available official record. Years can differ, so use these as directional benchmarks rather than synchronized league tables.

Data Availability

100% dashboard coverage

6 of 6 dashboard indicators currently have usable official data for Malta.

5 current0 reporting lag1 historical

Available

  • ✓International Tourist Arrivals · 2025 · Current
  • ✓International Tourism Receipts · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Tourist Nights · 2025 · Current
  • ✓Tourism Direct Share of GDP · 2015 · Historical
  • ✓Tourism Employment Share · 2024 · Current
  • ✓Resident Tourism Trips · 2024 · Current

Not Yet Available

  • All dashboard indicators are available.

Official Sources

Data sources used for Malta

These organizations and datasets provide the indicators currently displayed on this country dashboard.

✓

Eurostat

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

  • • Tourist Nights
  • • Resident Tourism Trips

Datasets

  • Tourist Nights at Accommodation Establishments
  • Resident Tourism Trips
✓

OECD

Latest displayed year: 2025

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourist Arrivals
  • • Tourism Direct Share of GDP
  • • Tourism Employment Share

Datasets

  • OECD Inbound Tourism
  • OECD Key Tourism Economic Indicators
✓

UN Tourism

Latest displayed year: 2024

Official

Indicators

  • • International Tourism Receipts

Datasets

  • International Tourism Receipts
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Historical Trend

International arrivals over time

Annual international tourist arrivals reported for Malta. Values are shown in millions.

Source: OECDYears: 2015–2025Annual data

Dataset: OECD Inbound Tourism

About the Data

Best available official data

TCTI evaluates available tourism records by reporting status, year, source priority, official-source status, and publication history. The dashboard displays the strongest available record while preserving historical observations and alternative sources in the database.