Malta Holidays and First Choice does not

Malta Holidays and First Choice does not Holidays in Malta could be the list of destinations offered by major tour operators from next summer, according to press reports. Although nothing is confirmed yet, it is reported that at least one of the tour operators is seriously consider the withdrawal of Malta as one of their destinations, and the fear among the owners of hotels and Malta holiday is that, once the industry company pulls plug on holiday on the island, others will follow, relegating Malta from a main holiday island offered by major travel agents for small specialized companies. However, First Choice Holidays, winner of the 'Holiday Company of the Year' awards for travel in 2002, 2003 and 2004 and one of the most popular holiday companies in the United Kingdom said a tourist guide of Malta, which despite being called press in Malta as the company most likely to do so have never said that they were pulling the market malta holiday, but admitted that the Malta market was "increasingly difficult" for sale. Malta has been for several years struggling to adapt to the mode traveler, but the govement released figures for March showed a decline from year to year, the tourists for almost 10 percent, and most disturbing of all is that the number Visitors arriving from the United Kingdom, Malta's main market fell by more than 13 per cent, and visitors from Italy, a market of tourism has tried to cultivate also fell. Holidays in Malta and the tourism industry is an important source of jobs in Malta, and with unemployment over 8 percent of all tourists in the fall could lead to long-term damage to the economy of the island . Another area of economic activity might suffer Malta holidays with the real estate market. Property in Malta has increased in price in recent years, and the implementation of Malta in 2004 has seen the biggest increase among the EU countries, with speculators buying property in Malta, in the hope that Malta joins the EU will translate into real estate an increase in value in the short to medium term. Owned gallery, which specialize in Malta Real Estate, see the potential for the holidays in Malta, as a double-edged sword. Director Michael Johnson said that many buyers to Malta after having visited the island on vacation and liked so much that want to move to the island full time, while others tend to stay in a hotel in Malta want to buy a property that may be to buy and his family on holiday in Malta, and see buying a property in Malta as an investment for the future that they can enjoy too. With fewer people on holiday in Malta, the number of potential buyers fall too. While Silver Lining Malta hotels and the tourism industry in Malta wait anxiously for news, the withdrawal of major players on the island may not be all bad news. There has been some discontent on the rise in prices of goods in Malta, and with less overseas buyers the possibility of lower prices of the islanders and more power to obtain the property ladder may be good news. In addition to reducing property prices, YourMalta feel that projections of a drop in holiday island of the market if the tour operator that can be withdrawn exaggerated. "While the loss of tourism operators and tourists to the island is important, in time the island will be less dependent on its business as more and more people independent travel plans online, and book your flights and hotels in Malta, apart from the traditional holiday companies. Malta tends to attract older tourists, so that may take more than a place like Ibiza, for example, attract younger visitors, as a group, are more favorable to the Inteet, "says director Roger Munns' but when The Inteet is seen as the main source of booking a holiday in the entire age group, both in Malta is no chance of attracting tourists. It 'been for some time speculated that the low-cost airlines will start offering flights to Malta, and this will help the Malta hotels and holiday market as more people consider three and four days instead of skipping the traditional week or fifteen days, to promote the total number of visitors, especially if Air Malta and the low cost airlines the cost of flights from Malta to the levels recorded for the Spanish islands. With an ineffective promotions board there is still much hope for the holiday market in Malta, and not because, in spite of the Malta Tourism Authority, having failed to promote Malta in the UK in any significant way. "