Malta crosses 4 mn visitors; tourism contributed 16.9% to GDP; PM calls for shift from volume to value
The island nation welcomed more than four million visitors last year and generated EUR 3.9 billion in tourism spending, while the Malta government actively looks to shift its focus from visitor volumes to higher-value, year-round and sustainable tourism. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the WTTC Global Summit in Valletta, Malta’s Prime Minister Robert Abela said the country had...
