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2007 Malta Air Show Scheduled For Autumn
he skies of Malta will all had planes and crew in
welcome the Malta Air Show attendance, plus the British
2007 later this year, with Royal Air Force and US Air Force.
display teams from across Europe,
the US and possibly Canada
participating. Among the planes taking part were
two Alpha jets from France, one
The air show traditionally comes of which performed an aerial
late in the Malta holidays display, six F-16's with two
season, and is a welcome late Dutch F-16's flying, and from the
boost for the island's tourist RAF two Harriers and two
industry with aviation Tornados, with one of the
enthusiasts descending for the Harriers undertaking an aerial
weekend. demonstration.
Despite some complaints from Pick up points from around the
residents about noise and safety island are available for
levels, the air show does produce spectators wishing to attend the
publicity and income for the show, and on previous occasions
holiday and Malta hotels this has led to heavy traffic in
industry, which in previous years and around the event, again
has been a welcome addition to making some local residents none
the island's fortunes as visitor too happy about the event.
numbers have slipped away.
While the organisers might have
The 2006 event was a truly been able to justifiably claim in
international one, as well as the the past that the air show formed
Armed Forces of Malta an important event in the
participating, the French, calendar of tourist events
Italian, Dutch Swiss and Spanish drawing extra visitors to the
Malta hotels, more conventional
aircraft have reduced the value 'When Malta is accessible,'
of this for 2007. comment local destination guide
YourMalta.com, 'Then
holidaymakers will come. It's not
Malta Flight just the Malta weather, but the
history and a friendly people
After some years of a declining that draws people.'
tourist market, Malta has been
boosted by the arrival of low The increase in visitor numbers
cost flights from London and could see property price rises,
Dublin, traditionally important with two international estate
markets for the island. agents who deal with Malta
properties predicting a ten per
Before the new cheap Malta flight cent rise in property values for
passengers started arriving in 2007.
November from London Luton, and
in February from Dublin, the As with most popular holiday
depressed Malta holidays market destinations, a percentage of
was in danger of being relegated tourists decide to buy a property
from a mainstream travel in an area they like, and Malta
destination to niche status, but is no exception.
the Ryanair flights have helped
to start a turnaround. The advantage Malta has for UK
and Irish visitors is that they
Estimates suggest that an extra drive on the same side of the
80,000 visitors could visit Malta road and English is spoken, and
in 2007, bringing a real boost to for non British Isles visitors
the hotels in Malta and the Malta has well known language
island's economy overall. schools where they can learn
English. for LM 72,000, and a three
bedroom two bathroom apartment in
A 2 bedroom apartment in the equally popular Mellieha for LM
popular Malta holiday resort of 138,000.
Qawra is currently on the market
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