Following the release of the tourism statistics  compiled by the National Office of Statistics  for the  past year 2015, the Gozo Tourism Association notes that from these statistics it transpires that,  the number of bednights spent on Gozo by foreign tourists reached and exceeded  the one million bednight. This was brought about both by  the increases in tourist arrivals, as well as  their respective  bednights spent on Gozo, in 2015.

In fact,  during 2015 the number of foreign tourist arrivals reached 166,106, which represents 13,161 more arrivals or 8% increase on 2014. The number of nights spent in all types of Gozitan accommodation reached 1,004,885 which adds up to 125,651 more bednights, translating into an increase of 14% on 2014, in bed nights.

These  results augur well for better prospects in the Gozitan  tourism industry, since the destination is experiencing increases not only in the summer quarter, but also reaping better occupancies in the quarters covering the shoulder months,  between April and June,  as well as October to December. Usually these months  tend to neutralise the positive results achieved during the shoulder and high season.

The association is confident that  these increases were gained through the collaborative efforts of all stakeholders involved. The Gozo Tourism Association acknowledges the input by the Malta Tourism Authority and its management, which together with, the Ministry for Gozo and its Directorate for Toursim and Economic Development and the Gozo Tourism Association, were instrumental in these positive results.

Finally the Gozo Tourism Association believes that this  year's current  performance  augurs well for better prospects in the tourism sector on Gozo. Through the collaboration and synergized efforts of all  concerned,  as well as sound decisions taken at the right time, Gozo's unique potential can be better maximised for the benefit of this important industry on the island.