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The most serious challenge facing Gozo is the creation of employment. Therefore measures to boost Tourism in Gozo are key towards improving job prospects for Gozitans.
In order to improve domestic tourism to Gozo we are proposing that government moves as many public holidays that fall between Tuesday and Thursday to Friday. In order to increase the number of long-weekends during the year. We believe that, besides being beneficial for tourism in Gozo, this is a win-win measure for employees who win more long-weekends, as well as most employers who prefer not having the disruption of a public holiday mid-week. This measure will also be at no cost to the government.
Also in regards to tourism we believe that other innovative tourism ideas, that exploit Gozo’s unique characteristics and size, must be explored. In this regard AD has been proposing that Gozo’s tourism is developed around the marketing of specific niches, like ‘retirement tourism’, but also agro-tourism, eco-tourism and ecological industries.
Our idea of developing Gozo as an ecological island was discussed recently with Italian Green Environment Minister Alfonso Pecoraro Scanio who, not only endorses the idea, but has also pledged his support, albeit in an informal way, to convert Gozo into “an eco-island”. The idea is in line with a project undertaken by the Italian government to invest in some small islands in a manner that exploits alternative energy (particularly solar) and creates of itself a value-added tourist attraction.
In response to the idea proposed by Italian Green Environment Minister Pecoraro Scanio, we are proposing that government establishes a specific venture capital fund for local and foreign entrepreneurs who wish to develop eco-industries in Gozo.
AD believes that the Maltese government should pursue this idea. We are also confident that this project could also involve converting one of the industrial areas in Gozo into a “Green technology park”. This will incentivise new business, such as the building of solar panels and micro-wind turbines, generating more employment in Gozo.
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