MaltaToday:
Front PageTop NewsEditorialOpinionInterview_LettersCulture
NEWS | Wednesday, 09 Januar 2008

The Mediterranean’s best kept secret

Malta fails to get a mention in 100 best holidays supplement

Malta failed to get a mention in a 10-page supplement in the London Sunday Times’ travel section promoting the best 100 holiday venues selected on the basis of brochures and websites promoting the destinations.
The 100 holiday destinations were classified to target specific audiences from family travel to adventure trips, from holidays on boats and trains to budget destinations, from romantic sites to tropical beaches and other classifications.
Amazingly, Malta did not classify in any of the categories failing to make it among the Sunday Times’ top 100 holiday destinations for summer 2008.
The journalist trawled through brochures and websites to find this summer’s best holidays. The report advised readers to throw away the brochures and log off the web because the journalist had carried out the work on their behalf.
Malta’s failure to be listed as a summer destination cannot be blamed on the euro as other members of the Eurozone were also listed. Ironically, the only advert in the same publication promoting our country advertised the island as ‘The Mediterranean’s best kept secret’.
Meanwhile, low fares giant Ryanair yesterday launched its biggest ever January seat sale, giving away one million free bonus flights (no taxes, no fees, no charges) to any passenger who makes any booking on any Ryanair route before midnight on Thursday.
The airline said passengers who book any flight to and from Malta with fares from 10 euros including taxes will be able to avail themselves of free flights on the Malta-Valencia and Barcelona (Girona routes).
Passengers booking any return flight on the Ryanair website in the period January 8 to 10 will be permitted to book a second return flight for free (taxes reduced to zero) through a password protected page, Ryanair said.


Any comments?
If you wish your comments to be published in our Letters pages please click the button below

Search:



MALTATODAY
BUSINESSTODAY

Go to MaltaToday
recent issues:
10/02/08 | 06/02/08
03/02/08 | 30/01/08
27/01/08 | 23/01/08
20/01/08 | 16/01/08
13/01/08 | 09/01/08
06/01/08 | 02/01/08
30/12/07 | 23/12/07
19/12/07 | 16/12/07
12/12/07 | 09/12/07
05/12/07 | 02/12/07
28/11/07 | 25/11/07
21/11/07 | 18/11/07

14/11/07 | 11/11/07
07/11/07 | 04/11/07
Archives


Reporter
Watch Reporter online

NEWS | Wednesday, January 09 2008

Public offering for 40% shareholding in Maltapost

New chairman for Malta Shipyards

The spin doctors who cried wolfy

Euro Ombudsman grants extension on MEP accounts

Nuclear safety convention comes into force

‘Mountains’ of plastic bottles await, Zminijietna warns

Government says MUT claims not justified

Nuclear safety convention comes into force

Ministry suspends San Marino consul found guilty of usury

The Mediterranean’s best kept secret





Copyright © MediaToday Co. Ltd, Vjal ir-Rihan, San Gwann SGN 9016, Malta, Europe
Managing editor Saviour Balzan | Tel. ++356 21382741 | Fax: ++356 21385075 | Email