*The source adds the following information: "Due to the COVID-19 situation, the Tourstat survey was suspended on March 12, 2020. It was assumed that no Maltese residents departed from Malta after Mach 12 given that airports abroad were suspending flights and in most countries one had to quarantined upon arrival into the country".
**The source specifies that: "Malta International Airport reopened on July 1, 2020. The first group of destinations that reopened for travel comprised: Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, Poland, Cyprus, Switzerland, Iceland, Slovakia, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, Finland, Ireland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Luxembourg, Czechia, Greece and Croatia. Restrictions on all other flight destinations were lifted on July 15, 2020".
Figures prior to the fourth quarter of 2021 were previously published by the source.
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Quarterly number of outbound tourists from Malta Q1 2018-Q4 2021
The number of outbound visitors from Malta was substantially lower in 2020 and 2021 over the previous years due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. In the fourth quarter of 2021, the number of Maltese tourists traveling abroad reached approximately *** thousand, rising significantly compared to 2020 but staying below pre-pandemic levels.
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