Fewer tourists flocking to Malta

Marie-Louise Coleiro, a Labour MP, is alarmed that "practically nothing has been done" to revive Malta's flagging tourism industry. "Whereas during these last years other countries have increased radically their advertising budgets and introduced innovative competitive packages, over these last two years the national authority for tourism has actually decreased its usual promotion campaigns. Moreover, the government has increasingly burdened the industry with more and more costs. ... While most countries in the Mediterranean region have seen a steady growth in the number of tourists, we have had a continuous drastic decrease, month after month. Maltese investors in the industry are seriously revisiting their business strategies and commitment in the sector. Some are actually and seriously thinking of closing down for the whole of the winter months."

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