Commuters between Malta and Gozo on the rise
In the third quarter this year, sea transport between Malta and Gozo registered an increase in vehicles, commuters and trips when compared to the corresponding period last year, NSO confirmed.
A total of 1,407,746 commuters travelled between Malta and Gozo during the third quarter this year, an increase of 5.2 per cent when compared to the corresponding quarter in 2012.
The highest number of commuters was recorded in August - 500,226 or 35.5 per cent of the total for the quarter. The number of vehicles carried by scheduled vessels went up by almost seven per cent, totalling 369,042.
The number of trips in the period under review stood at 5,484, up by 2.3 per cent over the corresponding period last year. The majority of trips took place in August - 1,872 or 34.1 per cent of total trips for the quarter.
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