## Overtourism in Malta: A System Under Strain Malta, with its rich history, stunning landscapes, and vibrant culture, has long been a magnet for tourists from around the world. The tiny island nation, with its ancient temples, Baroque architecture, and crystal-clear waters, offers a unique blend of history and modernity that few places can match….
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary’s latest sound-bite—blaming Airbnb and cruise ships for Europe’s overtourism chaos while exonerating budget airlines—has landed in Malta with the subtlety of a 6 a.m. Boeing 737-800 revving up over Ħal Luqa. Speaking to Reuters in Brussels last week, the Irish aviation firebrand insisted that “flights are full both ways” and therefore…
# Watch: Blue Lagoon gets a digital twin to safeguard its future **Comino’s crown jewel is now immortalised in pixels as well as postcards, after University of Malta researchers created the island nation’s first “digital twin” of the Blue Lagoon. The hyper-real 3-D model – stitched together from 40,000 drone photographs and bathymetric scans –…
Valletta’s narrow baroque streets echoed to a different beat last Saturday morning. Instead of the usual shuffle of cruise-shate maps and selfie sticks, children from the St Dominic community centre handed out free lemon-infused water to passers-by while pensioners in straw hats guided “micro-tours” of hidden courtyards normally bolted behind brass knockers. The pop-up initiative,…
Letters to the editor – September 10, 2025 By Hot Malta Staff Valletta’s morning light had barely dried the overnight drizzle when the Times of Malta’s letters page began lighting up phones across the archipelago. By 08:00, “#Letters10Sept” was trending locally on TikTok—yes, even grandmothers in Għarb are on TikTok now—because today’s crop of reader…
