Oh, so that’s all right then
The Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association has released the most ill-conceived statement, saying that past experience has shown how all the bad press about bird-shooting in Malta will not affect tourism figures.
OH, SO THAT’S ALL RIGHT THEN.
It’s not just about tourism, is it? And though the MHRA is concerned with tourism, in this day and age people and organisations are expected to be a little more enlightened and show concern for environmental issues and matters of public interest.
“I don’t care if they shoot birds and people complain about it as long as tourists keep coming.”
What a great perspective.
The statement:
Past experience has shown that although there was negative overseas press in terms of hunting in Malta the tourism numbers did not suffer. Indeed in the last five years every year has seen increases in arrival over the previous year’s figures.
Naturally as MHRA and as Maltese citizens we prefer to see positive pieces written about Malta as this encourages more people to visit Malta.
MHRA believes that Malta now has to show its maturity and that everyone has to respect the result of the referendum and most important respect the laws of the country. The Prime Minister has made it clear that there will be no tolerance to illegal hunting activities and that hunting violations could mean the early closure of the hunting season.