Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Royals Help Forgotten Island

For a Mediterranean island with good year round weather, a friendly local English speaking population and facilities to rival that of any of her competitors, Malta is a suprisingly often forgotten island for many people planning a holiday in the Mediterranean.
Malta missed some of her own government?s tourist targets in 2005, but a recent visit by Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh resulted in four days of positive media coverage in the island?s most important market ? the United Kingdom ? and also in over 50 other countries attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting, including Canada and Australia.
The Queen began her official visit to Malta before she opened the meeting, and was warmly greeted by friendly islanders.
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