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Passengers were welcomed by dancers in traditional Maltese costumes and were given a flower, courtesy of the Malta Tourism Authority. A celebratory cake was also prepared for the occasion.

Malta International Airport earlier this month welcomed the first flight from Polish capital Warsaw, operated by Wizz Air.

Wizz Air will fly twice weekly on Wednesdays and Thursdays, from Warsaw’s Frederic Chopin Airport which is the international gateway to Warsaw and the busiest airport in Poland.

Wizz Air, Hungarian based low-cost carrier offers over 360 routes from 20 bases around Central and Eastern Europe, and carried 15.8 million passengers in 2014.

Malta International Airport CEO Alan Borg commented that the launch of Wizz Air’s new route to Warsaw will further improve connections and accessibility to Malta from Eastern Europe.

Wizz Air started operating flights to Malta in 2013 and they have continued to grow, having carried over 32,000 passengers this winter alone – making it one of the fastest growing airlines on Malta International Airport’s schedule.

Malta Tourism Authority’s CEO, Mr. Paul Bugeja welcomed the expansion of Wizz Air’s network in Malta, and congratulated the airline on their success in developing new routes and connecting Malta to major cities in Eastern Europe.

Wizz Air already operates direct flights to Malta from Sofia, Budapest, Gdansk and Bucharest.

Kilde / Source: www.finchannel.com

Wizz Air website: www.wizzair.com

Malta Tourist Board: www.mta.com.mt  – www.visitmalta.com

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On-board casinos can now operate between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m, in return for a license fee per ship payable to the government. The fee is 500 euros for cruise liners carrying less than 1,500 passengers and 1,000 euros for cruise ships carrying more than the above-mentioned amount, the www.ftnnews.com website reported.

As things stood, cruise liners could not operate their casinos. But now, through a subsidiary legislation, cruise liners will be allowed to open during the above-mentioned specific time-window.

Photo: Times of Malta

Parliamentary Secretary Dr Jose Herrera said that the new initiative is a win-win for all those involved: the cruise liner industry because it will help boost cruise liner presence in Malta, for the country since cruise liners will be asked to pay a fee for its casino operations and boost tourism, and last but not least for Gozo, since it will boost tourism there.

As for Gozo, he said that cruise liners which berth in Gozo will be excluded from paying this fee to incentivise cruise ships to visit Gozo, which in turn will lead to more cruise liner tourists visiting our sister island.

Dr Herrera noted that the new rules – which are simple but have a lot of thought behind them – will see cruise liners spending at least an extra night in Malta since as things stood before, cruise liners would spend that extra night elsewhere so as to operate their casinos.

Lotteries and Gaming Authority executive chairman Joseph Cuschieri said that this measure will not affect the casinos in Malta since on-board casinos will be open only for passengers of the ship itself.

When passengers onboard the ship would have opted to visit a casino in Malta before the restriction was lifted. He said that the effects would be minimal however did say that the effects would have to be studied in the long-term.

At this point, the CEO of the Valletta Cruise Port Steven Xuereb explained that “we are focusing on 2017 cruise ship bookings since 2016 bookings are now closed, therefore the effects of these new rules will only start to be witnessed in two years? time”.

Kilder / Sources: independent.com.mt, www.ftnnews.com

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Old Bakery Street, Valletta. Foto: Malta Today

I Valletta, hovedstaden på Malta, er det innført gratis parkering etter klokka 14 på ukedagene, hele dagen på lørdager, og offentlige fridager, skriver Malta Today.

Myndighetene håper tiltaket vil føre til at flere kjører inn til bysentrum og at dette blir positivt for handelsstanden.

Lokale myndigheter og regjeringen vil samarbeide for å skape flere parkeringsplasser i det gamle bysentrum.

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Malta Tourism Authority: www.visitmalta.com

City of Valletta: www.cityofvalletta.org

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