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Royals Help Forgotten Island
or a Mediterranean island and became independent in 1964.
with good year round But the island has retained many
weather, a friendly local British characteristics,
English speaking population and including driving on the left,
facilities to rival that of any and British visitors account for
of her competitors, Malta is a nearly half of the island's
suprisingly often forgotten tourists.
island for many people planning a
holiday in the Mediterranean. The George Cross ranks with the
Victoria Cross as Britain's
Malta missed some of her own highest award for bravery - and
government's tourist targets in Malta was awarded the Cross in
2005, but a recent visit by Queen 1942 by King George VI for the
Elizabeth II and the Duke of island's resistance to German
Edinburgh resulted in four days attempts to occupy the island,
of positive media coverage in the with Malta being under almost
island's most important market - constant attack from June 1940.
the United Kingdom - and also in
over 50 other countries attending As well as the challenge of
the Commonwealth Heads of drawing tourists away from other
Government meeting, including Mediterranean islands like
Canada and Australia. Mallorca and Menorca, Malta has
had to face the additional
The Queen began her official challenge of new holiday
visit to Malta before she opened destinations in the former
the meeting, and was warmly Eastern Bloc opening up, such as
greeted by friendly islanders. Bulgaria and Croatia, which tend
to be cheaper.
Malta was governed by the British
for a hundred and fifty years, Brighter Future
increase hotel and holiday
But where the Maltese tourist bookings in the months ahead.
board has singularly failed to Given Malta's past record of
market the island's appeal to the promotion though if 2006 sees an
mass holiday market with any increase in visitors it will be
degree of success in recent despite of the official
years, the Queen's visit has come promotions, and not because of
at the right time for hotels and it.'.
holiday companies hoping for a
good 2006. More good news for the Malta
holiday industry came in October
Tribune Properties, a British with the announcement that low
based company specialising in cost airlines had been been given
overseas properties including the right to fly to the island.
Malta comment:
‘This will help both the hotel
‘Malta is not a high priority and property industries in Malta'
on the list of holiday add Tribune. ‘With the cost of
destinations for many British getting to the island coming
people compared to the Spanish down, Malta should see her share
Costas, Canary and Balearic of the short stay European
Islands. The visit of the Queen holiday market increase
showed Malta in a very positive substantially, increasing
light, and hopefully the island's employment locally and
tourist officials will be able to benefitting the economy overall'.
capitalise on the trip and
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