Monday, 13 April 2015

News snippets from Malta & Gozo

  • Good year for Gozo tourism ...
FOREIGN tourist arrivals on Gozo in 2014 were up by five percent on the 2013 total, reports the Malta & Gozo National Statistics Office. 

The number of domestic tourists was up by 3.4 percent. These figures are based on hotel and guest house stays, and do not include bed-nights in the farmhouse and apartments self-catering sector.
  • Roman finds in Malta ...
A ROMAN tomb, vine trenches, and the remains of a late Roman structure are among the archaeological finds revealed during road widening work in Malta.

Fifty new archaeological sites have been uncovered, and as a consequence the Area of Archaeological Importance around Rabat has been substantially increased.

  • Malta celebration for easyJet ...
EASYJET has celebrated carrying its two millionth passenger from Malta.

‘It is a pleasure to commemorate the milestone of two million passengers carried by easyJet to Malta,’ said the country’s tourism minister, Edward Zammit Lewis.

‘This is a remarkable achievement considering that easyJet operations to Malta started only in 2008 and have been expanding in an organic manner both in terms of the number of services and the territories served. Malta has embarked on a strategy of increasing airline routes, the results of which have been impressive, as tourism volume, overnight stays, and expenditure grow consistently year by year.’

easyJet expects to celebrate carrying its one millionth passenger on the London Gatwick to Malta route.
  • Movies on Malta ...
THE Valletta Film Festival in Malta runs from June 15 to 21.

It will present progressive and innovative independent cinema, including feature length documentaries.
  • And later in the year …


Queen Elizabeth II will visit Malta and attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Valletta (November 27-29). Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall will also be in the royal party. 


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Picture Credit: "Gozo-mgarr-harbour-60" by Myriam Thyes - Own work via Wikimedia Commons; "Main mosaic of the Domus Romana (Roman House) at Mdina, Malta" by Sudika (Own work) via Wikimedia Commons

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