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Two new schemes to help boost digital marketing efforts by accommodation premises were announced on Friday by Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo, who said that the gradual roll-out of measures was meant to help attract more tourists to the island in line with business recovery measures available for the industry.
The first scheme is a rebate for digital marketing services for guesthouses, hostels, two-star hotels and holiday furnished premises, better known as self-catering apartments.
With a budget of €1.5 million, guest houses and boutique hotels will be eligible for up to €1,000 per property, two-star hotels up to €500 per property and self-catering apartments and licensed hostels up to €250 per property in rebates related to digital marketing costs spent on advertising to tourists.
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A COVID-19 contact tracing app that lets users know if they have come in contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus will soon be cross-compatible with similar apps in 16 other EU countries.
The app update is intended to improve travel safety and ease contact tracing efforts, as Malta prepares to reopen to tourists this June, by making it easier to detect contact with COVID-positive people visiting Malta from other countries.
The updated version of the COVID Alert Malta smartphone application was announced by Superintendent of Public Health Charmaine Gauci during a weekly virus briefing held on Friday.
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