| With official tourism office statistics
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| | and other countries have been reports
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| showing a near ten per cent rise in
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| | placing Malta at the top of tourist
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| visitor figures for 2007 compared to
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| | safety tables.
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| 2006, a long period of decline has been
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| | An American journalist last year placed
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| reversed for people taking holidays in
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| | the small Mediterranean island of Malta
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| Malta.
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| | as one of the five safest travel
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| From a dramatic position in 2006 when a
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| | destinations in the world, and a new
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| major UK tour operator was considering
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| | report from the US this year confirms
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| withdrawing Malta from its brochures, not
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| | Malta as one of the safest vacation spots
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| only has Malta increased the number of
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| | in the world.
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| tourists visiting the island, but a
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| | This year's report bears more official
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| British newspaper has included Malta in
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| | weight than the previous one by a travel
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| its top 20 places to visit - a real
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| | writer, as it was compiled by the US
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| reversal in fortunes.
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| | State Department.
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| The British newspaper decribed Malta as a
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| | Commenting on Malta, the report praises
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| holiday 'honeypot'.
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| | the island for the non existence of
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| Malta has always been a likely spot for
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| | organised crime, especially surprising
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| the British, with nearly all Maltese
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| | perhaps given her proximity to mainland
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| speaking fluent English - and like the
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| | Italy - and closer still to notorious
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| British the Maltese drive on the left.
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| | Sicily.
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| Malta used to be governed by the British,
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| | A surprise for many who have driven in
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| until 1964 when Malta became independent.
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| | Malta is that the report considers the
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| But outside of the UK holiday market,
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| | island's roads to be safe. But this is
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| Malta hasn't enjoyed the same levels of
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| | backed up by official EU figures showing
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| visitors from other European countries
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| | Malta has the lowest road related
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| such as Italy and Germany, compared to
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| | fatalities in the EU.
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| her competitor Spanish islands of
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| | Last year's report helped to promote
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| Mallorca and Tenerife.
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| | Malta's image as a safe destination to
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| But that is now set to change, with a
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| | potential tourists considering different
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| further boost for the Malta holiday and
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| | holiday destinations.
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| hotel markets, vital to the island's
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| | Malta ranked as one of the top five
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| economy.
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| | locations for safety in the world,
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| A low cost airline in Germany,
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| | according to American travel writer Laura
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| Germanwings, started flights from Germany
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| | McKenzie.
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| to Malta in late March, and with good
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| | In her report Ms McKenzie said of the
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| bookings is looking to increase the
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| | Mediterranean holiday island 'In Malta
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| number of flights to the island.
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| | there is no such thing as a dark and
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| Safe Holiday Destination
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| | uninviting alley, while the police force
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| Helping Malta's image in the UK, Germany
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| | is one of the oldest in the world'.
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