Izibalo ezikhishwe yi-Malta Tourism Authority (MTA) yezokuvakasha ezingena ngaphakathi engxenyeni yokuqala ka-2018 ngokuqinisekile zingasekela umqondo wokuthi i-Malta iyindawo entsha yabantu baseNyakatho Melika eMedithera. Leli qoqo leziqhingi elinelanga liqophe izivakashi ezingama-20,956, okuwukukhula okungama-28.2% kusuka emakethe yase-US kuphela ngesikhathi esifanayo sikaJanuwari-Juni ngonyaka odlule, kanye nezivakashi ezingu-7,488, okuwukunyuka okungama-23.5% ngesikhathi esifanayo kusukela eCanada.
Kungani iMalta ithrenda emakethe yaseNyakatho Melika? UMichelle Buttigieg, omele i-MTA eNyakatho Melika, uthe kungadalwa yizinto ezimbalwa. “Ingxenye ebalulekile yokunxusa kweMalta kumhambi waseNyakatho Melika ukuthi isiNgisi siwulimi olusemthethweni. Kuyintando yeningi ye-EU ephephile, enokuthula nezinzile, enenani elingcono leholide kunakwamanye amazwe aseYurophu abizayo.”
Crystal Lagoon
Esinye isici esicindezelayo sokwanda kulo nyaka kungenxa yokukhuthazwa okunzima kwabezindaba zekhalenda yonyaka wonke yemikhosi nemicimbi yamasiko egubha iqiniso lokuthi i-Capital Capital yaseMalta, i-Valletta, yaqanjwa ngokuthi i-European Capital of Culture 2018. Eqinisweni, i-Malta ifakwe ohlwini lwezindawo ezingaphezu kwezingu-22 zokuya ku-2018. Imikhosi ye-Valletta 2018 ihlanganisa umgubho wonyaka wonke wamasiko nomlando wesizwe esiyisiqhingi sase-Malta, kusukela ku-Malta International Food Festival kuya e-Isle of MTV Malta kuya ku-Valletta Film Festival nokunye okuningi.
U-Buttigieg uqhube wathi, “Ukwenyuka kungenxa yemikhankaso eqhubekayo ye-MTA eqondise izimakethe ze-niche ezikhombisa ukwehlukahlukana komkhiqizo wezokuvakasha we-Malta ne-Gozo. I-MTA iphinde yazuza udumo olukhulu e-US naseCanada ngoba ikhuthele ekusebenzeni nezintatheli ezivelele kanye nabagqugquzeli bezokuxhumana. "
I-Grand Harbor
Iziqhingi eziqhakazile zaseMalta, maphakathi noLwandle iMedithera, ziyikhaya lenqwaba ephawuleka kakhulu yamagugu akhiwe kahle, kufaka phakathi ukuminyana okuphezulu kwamaZiko Amagugu Omhlaba we-UNESCO kunoma yisiphi isizwe sombuso noma yikuphi. IValletta eyakhiwe amaKnights aziqhenyayo kaSt.John ingenye yezindawo ezibukwa yi-UNESCO kanye ne-European Capital of Culture yango-2018. Ubuzwe baseMalta ezinsikeni zamatshe ezisuka ekwakhiweni kwamatshe okwakhiwa kwamahhala okudala kunakho konke emhlabeni, kuya komunye woMbuso waseBrithani izinhlelo zokuzivikela, futhi kufaka phakathi ukuhlanganiswa okunothile kokwakhiwa kwasekhaya, kwenkolo nokwamasosha kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, zangezikhathi zasendulo nezasendulo. Njengoba isimo sezulu sibalele kakhulu, amabhishi akhangayo, impilo yasebusuku echumayo neminyaka engu-7,000 yomlando othakazelisayo, kuningi ongakubona nokukwenza.
