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Malta Air Show Boosts Hotel Reservations

by Tribune

Malta is set for her annual international air show to be the best
ever this year, with tens of thousands of islanders and tourists
attending the event over the weekend of September 23 and 24.

Making the event a truly international one, as well as the Armed
Forces of Malta participating, the French, Italian, Dutch Swiss
and Spanish will all have planes and crew in attendance, plus the
British Royal Air Force and US Air Force.

Among the planes taking part are two Alpha jets from France, one
of which will be doing an aerial display, six F-16's with two
Dutch F-16's flying, and from the RAF two Harriers and two
Tornados, with one of the Harriers expected to do an aerial
demonstration.

Ticket prices for the Saturday or Sunday are low compared to
many international air shows, ensuring access is available to
many of the Maltese population as well as enthusiasts and
veterans who travel from around Europe for the weekend. Prices
this year are 4.5 Maltese (around US $12) for either day, with
public transport to the show available throughout the island.

With the tourist season beginning to slow down, many of the
Malta hotels see the air show as a tourist attraction and
organise transport to and from the event.

An advantage of holding the show in the second half of September
is that the Malta weather can almost be assured to be good, with
the all important clear skies allowing viewing of the
participating planes.

Malta Airport

The air show is seen by many in the Malta holidays industry as
evidence that Malta can produce events which will not only prove
an attraction to those tourists already on the island, but also
as part of a package of other attractions to draw new tourists to
the island.

The first half of the year has been a disappointing one for the
holiday to Malta industry, with a drop in tourists for the first
six months of the year compared to the same period last year.

Commenting on the recently released figures showing a drop in
visitors, one independent travel guide for Malta
http://www.yourmalta.com believes that events like the air show
should be promoted more.

'Malta needs good news', they say, 'and if potential tourists
could see on a Malta map of events quality displays such as the
air show it would be a good reason to visit the island.

The island needs to compete against other destinations in the
Mediterranean, but while most of them are seeing an increase in
visitor numbers, Malta is showing a drop'.

Many hoteliers and others in the holiday industry are hoping
that cheap flights to Malta might become a reality in the near
future. There has been talk of low cost carriers from the UK and
Ireland providing services to the island for some time now, but
no deals have been struck yet.

Unemployment on the island is high at over 8 per cent, and
tourism is a major employer, but many feel that the government is
reluctant to see the national carrier Air Malta face potentially
subsidised competiton. But by doing nothing the island faces the
danger of the whole tourist industry suffering.

'Malta can be a high quality destination with low cost fares',
comment the travel guide. 'We already have good accommodation
like the Qawra Palace Hotel, so potentially we can do it'.

Your Malta is an independent travel guide for the Mediterranean
island of Malta and includes <a
href="http://www.yourmalta.com/travel">cheap holidays to
Malta</a> and <a href="http://www.maltaproperty.info">Malta
property</a> .

The guide for the <a href="http://www.yourmalta.com">island of
Malta</a> details direct contact <a
href="http://www.yourmalta.com/hotels">Malta Hotel</a>
information , visit http://www.yourmalta.com/airport

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