Jit[abbru arran;amenti ;odda g[at-traffiku madwar il-Belt
Jit[abbru arran;amenti ;odda g[at-traffiku madwar il-Belt
Jit[abbru arran;amenti ;odda g[at-traffiku madwar il-Belt
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32 Lokali<br />
Is-Sibt, 16 ta’ Apr<strong>il</strong>, 2011<br />
It-turisti li ji;u f’Malta abbord <strong>il</strong>-cruise liners, minbarra li jgawdu l-;miel tal-<strong>Belt</strong> Valletta jkunu [adu wkoll aperittif tal-g]ejjer Maltin, b’numru minnhom<br />
jag[]lu li ji;u Malta g[al btala o[ra<br />
Costa Concordia se<br />
jer;a’ jibda jid[ol Malta<br />
■ 100,000 turist se j]uru Malta din is-sena abbord<br />
<strong>il</strong>-Costa Concordia<br />
minn M<strong>at</strong>thew BONETT<br />
Il-cruise liner lussu] tal-<br />
Costa Crociere, Costa<br />
Concordia, wara waqfien ta’<br />
sena, qed jer;a’ jibda jid[ol<br />
Malta. Ilbiera[ dan <strong>il</strong>-cruise<br />
liner da[al f<strong>il</strong>-Port <strong>il</strong>-Kbir<br />
g[all-ewwel darba m<strong>il</strong>l-2009.<br />
Costa hija linja tal-cruise<br />
liners li mis-sena 2006 ;abet<br />
f’Malta aktar minn m<strong>il</strong>jun<br />
turist. F’g[axar snin, kemm<br />
<strong>il</strong>ha ta[dem <strong>il</strong>-Valletta Cruise<br />
Port, f’Malta waslu aktar<br />
minn erba’ m<strong>il</strong>jun persuna<br />
permezz tal-cruise liners. Il-<br />
Valletta Cruise Port hija l-<br />
istess kumpanija li sa ftit jiem<br />
<strong>il</strong>u kienet mag[rufa b[ala<br />
Viset Malta.<br />
Waqt konferenza tala[barijiet<br />
li saret fuq <strong>il</strong>-vapur<br />
Costa Concordia fl-ewwel<br />
wasla tieg[u f<strong>il</strong>-Port <strong>il</strong>-Kbir<br />
g[al din is-sena, Mario de<br />
Marco, is-Segretarju<br />
Parlamentari g[<strong>at</strong>-Turi]mu,<br />
<strong>il</strong>-Kultura u l-Ambjent spjega<br />
kif m<strong>il</strong>-lum sa Novembru li<br />
;ej, <strong>il</strong>-Costa Concordia se<br />
tkun qed i;;ib lejn Malta<br />
mal-100,000 turist minn<br />
diversi pajji]i, spe/jalment<br />
dawk Ewropej. B’kollox, sa<br />
nofs Novembru, <strong>il</strong>-Costa<br />
Concordia se jkun g[amel 32<br />
vja;; minn u lejn Malta.<br />
Fis-sajf li g[adda, f’Malta<br />
da[lu mal-490,000 turist fuq<br />
cruise liners differenti. Dan<br />
ifisser, sostna s-Segretarju<br />
Parlamentari de Marco, li l-<br />
wasla tal-vapur tal-Costa<br />
Cruises se jkollu imp<strong>at</strong>t kbir u<br />
po]ittiv fuq l-ekonomija<br />
Maltija. Qed isiru l-<br />
<strong>arran</strong>;<strong>amenti</strong> wkoll biex itturisti<br />
Ingli]i, Torok u<br />
?iprijotti jibdew jirkbu dan <strong>il</strong>vapur<br />
minn Malta.<br />
Mario de Marco qal li bejn<br />
l-2006 u l-2009, it-turisti li<br />
;ew Malta fuq <strong>il</strong>-cruise liners<br />
[allew <strong>madwar</strong> €250 m<strong>il</strong>jun<br />
fl-ekonomija Maltija. Is-<br />
Segretarju Parlamentari<br />
fakkar ukoll li r-rekord ta’ 1.3<br />
m<strong>il</strong>jun turist li ;ew f’Malta<br />
m<strong>at</strong>ul is-sena 2010 ma<br />
jinkludux l-490,000 turist<br />
ie[or li ;ew Malta fuq <strong>il</strong>cruise<br />
liners.<br />
Mario de Marco sa[aq li t-<br />
turisti li ji;u f’Malta abbord<br />
<strong>il</strong>-cruise liners, minbarra li<br />
jgawdu l-;miel tal-<strong>Belt</strong><br />
Valletta, ikunu [adu wkoll<br />
aperittif tal-g]ejjer Maltin,<br />
b’numru minnhom jag[]lu li<br />
ji;u Malta g[al btala o[ra. Ilma;;oranza<br />
t<strong>at</strong>-turisti li ji;u<br />
Malta minn fuq <strong>il</strong>-vapuri tal-<br />
Costa huma Taljani, Ingli]i,<br />
Spanjoli, Fran/i]i u<br />
:ermani]i.<br />
B’kollox, <strong>madwar</strong> id-dinja,<br />
<strong>il</strong>-kumpanija Costa timpjega<br />
mad-19,000 persuna, bi<br />
18,000 minnhom ja[dmu fuq<br />
<strong>il</strong>-ba[ar, waqt li l-1,000 l-<br />
o[ra ja[dmu fl-uffi/ini<br />
<strong>madwar</strong> id-dinja. 80% talimpjeg<strong>at</strong>i<br />
kollha tal-Costa<br />
g[andhom l-età ta’ 40 sena<br />
jew anqas.<br />
F’Malta, <strong>il</strong>-kumpanija<br />
Orange Cruises hija l-a;ent<br />
ewlieni f’Malta tal-Costa<br />
Crociere. L-Orange Cruises<br />
hija kumpanija ;dida li<br />
tinkludi ]ew; kumpaniji<br />
ewlenin lokali li ja[dmu fixxena<br />
tal-cruises, l-SMS<br />
Travel u l-Mondial Holidays.<br />
media•link<br />
COMMUNICATIONS<br />
Il-vapuri tal-Costa Crociere, li huma fost l-iktar lussu]i<br />
fid-dinja (Ritr<strong>at</strong>ti> Michael Ellul)<br />
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