The tourism industry in Malta has had its ups and downs in recent times. On the one hand, December last year saw an impressive 15% increase in inbound tourism on the previous year, but on the other hand, this only disguised the fact that numbers were down 4% for the whole of 2006. There were positive results from the British, Italian and Dutch markets, yet negative ones from France, Austria and Norway. Taking into account that around 370 million Europeans venture abroad to other European states every year, spending huge amounts of cash as they travel, this element of the Maltese economy has to be addressed with a note of seriousness. What exactly are the Maltese tourist organisations planning to do in order to increase revenue from foreign visitors? Read more at:http://www.tourism-review.com/top_weekly_full.php?id=303.
TF: World Heritage 
