Gozo and its products promoted in Brussels
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Genuine producers from Gozo are an integral part of the feel-good factor that the island has to offer and deserve more support, MEP Francis Zammit Dimech said during a round table discussion held last week. Together with representatives of the Gozo Tourism AsGozo and its products promoted in Brussels
Genuine producers from Gozo are an integral part of the feel-good factor that the island has to offer and deserve more support, MEP Francis Zammit Dimech said during a round table discussion held last week. Together with representatives of the Gozo Tourism Association (GTA), the Gozo Business Chamber (GBC) and NGOs, the producers held meetings at the European Parliament in Brussels. Dr Zammit Dimech said that since being elected to the European Parliament, he started holding a series of consultation meetings with various stakeholders to understand their challenges and aspirations and to reflect this in his work at the European Parliament. Referring to discussions on the future of Europe, Dr Zammit Dimech said that these also needed to take into account national and regional sentiments. He emphasised on the European principle of subsidiarity and the need for regional issues to be decided in Gozo. Paul Scicluna from the GTA said that while tourism played an important economic role for the island’s economy, limited data and statistics specific to tourism in Gozo was in hand. He said that seasonality in Gozo was still remarkable and thus the association was proposing measures, such... Read more