Tourism in Malta reached 90 percent of Pre-COVID levels in July, NSO reveals

Sep 14 2022

The overall number of tourists who visited Malta in July is almost 90% of the inbound tourists that visited the island in July of 2019 before the covid-19 pandemic hit the world revealed the NSO.

The study also revealed that in July of 2022 there were approximately 273,646 people that visited Malta. 247,029 of these tourists visited the country for holiday purposes whilst only 11,092 tourists came for business purposes.

Malta also attracted more young tourists than it did back in 2019 (106.9%) and way fewer older tourists, specifically over-65’s (75.7 per cent). The largest age group among all the tourists were those under 24 years old.

French, Italian and German residents made up 37.3% of total inbound tourists. 86.3% of the tourists spent their time in Malta in rented accommodations and total tourist expenditure came up to almost €275 million. The largest number of non-EU tourists came from the United Kingdom.

Total tourist expenditure is also catching up to those pre-pandemic days as it reached 96.5 percent of the value of money before 2020.

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29-year-old dies after falling four storeys on construction site

Sep 14 2022

Police were informed at around 1130hrs that their assistance was needed today in Triq Damasku, il-Munxar.

The police convened immediately on site, and preliminary investigations showed that a 29-year-old resident of Munxar had fallen around four storeys whilst at a construction site.

Civil Protection Department officers convened on site, along with a medical team, to give assistance to the man. However, he was unfortunately deemed dead on the spot.

An inquiry has been opened as investigations by police continue.

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CaraMELA! Benna just launched their Limited Edition Caramel Latte flavoured milkshake

Sep 14 2022

EVERYBODY STAY CALM but Benna Malta have launched their new milkshake flavour.

The brand new Caramel Latte is the perfect taste to get us into the Autumn/Winter season mood and we can’t wait until we get our hands on it.

The new milk flavour is available from stores across Malta and Gozo and is available for a limited time only so if you’re a milk fanatic, get to your closest store ASAP.

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Sandra Gauci to run for European Parliament election in 2024

Sep 14 2022

ADPD’s deputy chair Sandra Gauci announced that she will be contesting the European Parliament election in 2024.

Gauci had contested the general election for the first time with ADPD in March of this year. With the EP election due for mid-2024, six MEPs will be chosen from Malta as representatives.

Writing an opinion piece for the Times of Malta, Gauci pledged to be the voice of the people and to not resort to the ‘brand of Maltese tribalism which has ‘graced’ the European Parliament as representatives thought ‘it wise to extend their village bickering to a wider audience.’

If this proves successful for Gauci, she will sit as part of the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.

Gauci’s public presence and career began with her ‘ABS News’ as a vlogger, providing commentary on current affairs.

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