The private Unscheduled Bus Service will not be operating as from tomorrow, the decision being taken to protect the interest of their workers and passengers.

The UBS said it did not form part of the Transport Federation, which ordered the strike by the operators of public transport but the members of the UBS could not continue to operate in circumstances such as those encountered today, with roads blocked and a number of members attacked and vehicles damaged.

Meanwhile the Secretariat for Tourism has condemned the incidents which took place today, notably the blockage of roads to Valletta and the airport and attacks on tourist coaches.

Such incidents, the secretariat said, were very detrimental to tourism, and the tourism season was approaching its peak. Such incidents only served to endanger the livelihood of thousands of workers in the tourism sector, the secretariat concluded.

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