{"id":239499,"date":"2026-01-18T10:55:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/239499\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T10:55:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:55:08","slug":"malta-leads-europe-as-tourist-nights-surge-by-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/239499\/","title":{"rendered":"Malta Leads Europe As Tourist Nights Surge By 10%"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Malta registered the largest increase in tourist overnight stays in the entire EU in 2025, according to new data published by <a href=\"https:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/en\/web\/products-eurostat-news\/w\/ddn-20260116-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Eurostat<\/a>. Compared with 2024, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in Malta rose by 10%, putting the country firmly at the top of the European rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Across the EU, the estimated number of nights spent in tourist accommodation reached 3.08 billion, an increase of 61.5 million nights, or 2%, year on year. While most EU countries recorded growth, Malta led the way, followed by Poland at +7% and Latvia at +6%. Slight declines were registered in Romania at -1% and Ireland at -2%.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The figures also show a near-even split between international and domestic tourism, with 49% of overnight stays attributed to international visitors and 51% to domestic guests, underlining the continued strength of travel demand across Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Reacting to the data, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Tourism Ian Borg welcomed the results, describing them as clear proof that Malta\u2019s tourism strategy is delivering. He said the combination of targeted tourism policy, international marketing and the ongoing efforts of hospitality workers across the islands is producing tangible results and strengthening Malta\u2019s position as a leading destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Malta registered the largest increase in tourist overnight stays in the entire EU in 2025, according to new&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239500,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[138,219,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-239499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-new-zealand","11":"tag-newzealand","12":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239499\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}