Vouchers being given to students travelling to Malta to study English may be used in restaurants and tourist establishments, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo sa
Eleven beaches on the Maltese islands have been awarded the blue flag award this year, the tourism minister announced on Thursday. 
The Blue Flag programm
Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg and Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo announced the project on Friday.
The project will also enhance accessibility to the bay and the roundabouts along the stretch of road will be reconstructed, with the installation of fountains.
Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo (left) and Infrastructure Minister Ian Borg announcing the €2 million investment
Bartolo said that the project will see a new approach to tourism infrastructure in the country.
“We have to change the approach we take to maintaining infrastructure in tourism areas and embrace a new mentality for our zones to be maintained and accessible all year round,” he said.
The authorities are working to get Malta on the UK’s travel green list during the next review, Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo said on Monday.
Bartolo told Times of Malta that the authorities are in contact with the British High Commission and the UK government to pass on all the necessary information and health indicators about the COVID-19 situation.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned the green list was unlikely to expand very rapidly, due to concerns over the spread of an Indian variant of the COVID-19 virus in that country.
The Tourism Minister acknowledged the importance of the UK market for the tourism sector, vowing the authorities would do their utmost for Malta to make the green list during the next review.