A total of 620,042 passengers visited Gozo in August, contributing to the 6.3 per cent increase registered in the third quarter of the year.
The National Statistics office said that 1,780,474 passengers travelled between Malta and Gozo during the third quarter this year, bringing the total for the first nine months to 4.4 million.
Gozo Channel operated 6,764 trips, an increase of 6.8 per cent over the same quarter in 2017.