The report and information about the island of Malta

The report and information about the island of Malta

Malta is the largest island of the three main form the archipelago of Malta. And sometimes referred to as Valletta for statistical purposes to distinguish between the main island of the country. Malta is located in the Centre of the Mediterranean Sea directly south of Italy and North of Libya. The total area of the island is 246 square kilometers (95 square miles). The capital is Valletta, largest city and largest locality is ormi Birkirkara. The island is composed of many small cities, which together form one of the largest urban areas with a population of 409259. Featuring views of the low hills and fields

Malta is a popular tourist destination, with 1.2 million tourists a year.Increase the number of tourists to the three times the people livingthere. Tourism infrastructure has increased dramatically over the years on the island, with a number of good hotels, despite the destruction of conventional dwellings as a growing concern. However, the number oftourists is growing on Malta on holiday.

In recent years, Malta has declared itself as a medical tourism destination, and the number of health tourism providers are developing the industry. However, there are no hospitals in Malta is dependent to independent international healthcare. Malta is popular with British medical tourism, referring to the Maltese hospitals towards reliance onsources from the United Kingdom, such as the adoption of a Trent. Dual accreditation with the Joint Commission addressed America necessary if Malta hospitals to compete with the far East and Latin America for medical tourists from the United States.

The only airport in Malta is Malta International Airport. Built on land formerly occupied by the RAF Luqa air base. Been running two other airports in Ta ' Qali and al Far during World War II and 1960 but is now closed. Today, Ta ' Qali airfield has a National Park, the stadium, the crafts village visitor attraction and the Malta Aviation Museum. This Museum preserves several aircraft, including the Spitfire and Hurricane fighters who defended the island in World War II. And the national carrier Air Malta.

Economy

The main island of Malta contribute significantly to the country's macro-economy, and which are economic development according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Until 1800 Malta depended on cotton, tobacco and shipyards for export. Colonized Malta under British control, and relied on the dockyard for support of the Royal Navy, particularly during the Crimean War of 1854. The economy of Malta has promoted the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869. The ships also helped in stopping at ponds Malta to refuel and intermediate trade, which brought additional benefits to the island. In the late 19th century began the economic decline, and by 1940 was Malta's economy in serious crisis. The economy has strengthened again after the second world war while rebuilding the island.

Now, with Malta's major resources are limestone, geographical location, and labour force and produced. Malta produces about 20 of its food, has limited fresh water supply and drought in the summer and has no domestic energy sources, apart from the solar potential of its abundant sunlight. The economy is dependent on foreign trade (as a trans-shipment point), manufacturing (especially electronics and textiles), tourism.

Film production is a growing contributor to the Maltese economy.Despite its size, the Malta continues to attract international film productions from all over the world. The first movie was filmed in Malta for the sons in 1925. Since then, more than 100 have been filming another movie partially or entirely in Malta, Midnight Express (1978), Gladiator (2000) and Munich (2005), World War Z (2013) and Captain Phillips (2013).

In preparation for membership of the European Union, Malta which joined on 1 May 2004, where the privatization of some State-owned enterprises with market liberalization. For example, the Government announced on January 8, 2007 that it would sell its stake in MaltaPost, to complete the privatization process which has been ongoing over the past five years. By 2010, the Malta privatized telecommunications and postal services.

Banking and financial

There are two of the biggest commercial banks, including Bank of Valletta and HSBC Bank Malta, both because their origins to the 19th century. FinanceMalta is a parastatal organization responsible for the business and marketing education and networking to Malta and run seminars and events around the world and to highlight the emerging force of Malta and for banking and finance and insurance.

Transport

Car ownership in Malta is very high, given the very small size of the island. Buses (xarabank or karozza tal-linja) is the principal means of public transport. Established in 1905, and which have been subjected to extensive reforms in July 2011.

Language

The main language used in Malta is the Maltese language, a Semitic language of the now defunct sikolo-Arabic dialect of southern Italy. Integrated language for many of the Sicilian, Italian, French and a little English. The hybrid nature of Maltese was established long before the Maltese urban bilingualism-Sicily with the gradual shift of discourse and which ended in the early 19th century with Maltese emerging as the dialect of the entire indigenous population. Include language dialects that can vary greatly from one town to another or from island to island.