Saturday, April 01, 2006
Small is cool
The "Malta - a bridge between Europe and Africa" cliche has always intrigued me. In other words I always thought it was just that - a catch-phrase. In 2006 it's taken on a whole new meaning. It's a kind of best-of-both-worlds scenario for our dear little island. Those of you who've been following the heated squabble on tourism over the past weeks (1.17 million tourists in 2005 but ever so hungry for more - so much talk about "getting slices of the market", "boosting the industry", "bigger share of the cake") and who've latched onto this dispatch from the EPP conference in Rome (we're small guys, we're small) know exactly what I mean.
Did someone say "overpopulated"?
Now all we have to do is crank up the hospitality, welcome Ryanair's flood and build a few more hotels.
Small - as always - is beautiful. ¶ 7:06 AM
The "Malta - a bridge between Europe and Africa" cliche has always intrigued me. In other words I always thought it was just that - a catch-phrase. In 2006 it's taken on a whole new meaning. It's a kind of best-of-both-worlds scenario for our dear little island. Those of you who've been following the heated squabble on tourism over the past weeks (1.17 million tourists in 2005 but ever so hungry for more - so much talk about "getting slices of the market", "boosting the industry", "bigger share of the cake") and who've latched onto this dispatch from the EPP conference in Rome (we're small guys, we're small) know exactly what I mean.
Did someone say "overpopulated"?
Now all we have to do is crank up the hospitality, welcome Ryanair's flood and build a few more hotels.
Small - as always - is beautiful. ¶ 7:06 AM
