Travel and tourism agents welcome the new legal notice laying down the conditions allowing safe travel to and from Malta as the country gears itself for a cautious restart of tourism.

FATTA has strongly advocated for a negative PCR test result to be a mandatory requirement verified prior to a traveller boarding a flight to Malta. This minimises the risk of imported cases and variants of coronavirus and safeguards the substantial progress achieved locally by the foresighted and accelerated vaccine rollout programme.

The association urges the authorities to proactively pursue and negotiate relevant bilateral agreements with key third countries for the mutual recognition of vaccine certificates for EMA approved vaccines to empower safe travel between Malta and such countries. This will not only facilitate safe inbound and outbound tourism from and to the respective countries but, perhaps equally importantly, enable VFR (visiting friends and relatives) traffic from and to third countries such as UK, USA and Canada and others.

FATTA reiterates that the initiatives directed at assisting travel and tourism to and from Malta must, nonetheless, be guided by a cautious approach that maintains strict restrictions so as not to jeopardise the noteworthy results achieved to date in controlling the spreadvhe virusTravel and tourism agents welcome the new legal notice laying down the conditions allowing safe travel to and from Malta as the country gears itself for a cautious restart of tourism.

FATTA has strongly advocated for a negative PCR test result to be a mandatory requirement verified prior to a traveller boarding a flight to Malta. This minimises the risk of imported cases and variants of coronavirus and safeguards the substantial progress achieved locally by the foresighted and accelerated vaccine rollout programme.

The association urges the authorities to proactively pursue and negotiate relevant bilateral agreements with key third countries for the mutual recognition of vaccine certificates for EMA approved vaccines to empower safe travel between Malta and such countries. This will not only facilitate safe inbound and outbound tourism from and to the respective countries but, perhaps equally importantly, enable VFR (visiting friends and relatives) traffic from and to third countries such as UK, USA and Canada and others.

FATTA reiterates that the initiatives directed at assisting travel and tourism to and from Malta must, nonetheless, be guided by a cautious approach that maintains strict restrictions so as not to jeopardise the noteworthy results achieved to date in controlling the spread of the virus.

About FATTA
FATTA is a registered employers association representing the majority of travel and tourism incoming and outgoing operators, destination management companies that organise meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) and destination wedding planners in Malta. FATTA is also registered as a full member of ECTAA having its representatives on the ECTAA Board in Brussels. ECTAA represents almost 70,000 Travel and Tourism Operators in the European Union.

For more information on FATTA please contact Iain Tonna on 9947 2589, [email protected] or visit our website at www.fatta.org