5 comments so far.MEP Therese Comodini Cachia highlights that Gozo” has its own distinctiveness”
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During a meeting with the Gozo Tourism Association (GTA) held in Gozo, Nationalist MEP Therese Comodini Cachia said that, “the Gozitan tourism product distinguishes itself by fostering aspects of Gozitan culture, be it culinary, social or artistic.”
“Gozo has its own distinctiveness from Malta that attracts tourism to the island,” she said.
During her meeting with GTA Chairman Paul Scicluna and CEO Joe Muscat, Dr. Comodini Cachia discussed avenues of cooperation for further promoting the distinctive features of the island – mainly gastronomy, opera tourism, religious tourism, carnival and diving.
Therese Comodini Cachia is a member of the Intergroup on Tourism within the European Parliament.
Therese Comodini Cachia remarked that she welcomed the creation of a federation of tourism entities in the EU, with the Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe (CPMR), a proposal put forward by the Association which was endorsed and is now subject to Commission approval; whereby Gozo is one of fifteen island members.
Comodini Cachia also augured that the Association be assisted by the Maltese Authorities to further tap into funds, programmes and projects such as those that fall within the EU Rural Development Programme.
The MEP also questioned the relevance of agro-tourism legislation, which was recently approved by MEPA in the context of Gozo, “where the minimum threshold established of sixty tumuli of land may cater for less than a handful of estates in the island, and mainly seeks to copy a foreign product rather than take advantage and expose the local dimension.”
“Proper consultation should cater to mitigation measures against one-size-fits-all policies and quick fixes, said Comodini Cachia. “Evidently the proposals by the Gozitan public in this regard were not adequately considered.”
Among the other matters discussed were the island’s accessibility to mainland Malta and the excessive bureaucracy, which is still hindering the licencing of new B&B tourism business, an emerging niche market.
Photograph: Alain Salvary
Comodini Cachia also augured that the Association be assisted by the Maltese Authorities to further tap into funds, programmes and projects such as those that fall within the EU Rural Development Programme.
I remember me : May 2008 there was a Competition for a Design Scheme for the Marsalforn Waterfront .
I am still waiting for a result !!!
Dietmar
The above picture just illustrates how over building can make the island look terrible
Indeed, MEPA should be seriously held to account for permitting the building of the Citadella 😉
I would also argue that living in New York is obviously preferable to living here, because as we know, New York is not overcrowded or polluted in the slightest!
It is good that ‘agro-tourism’, ‘eco-tourism’ and such are sidelined and more focus is put on the truly unique values of Gozo, values that do not fit easily into a catchy phrase.
Gozzo Island has a dramatique bellezza.take care about it .good new year