https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/78319 2026-04-04T20:07:02Z 2026-04-04T20:07:02Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/78415 2021-07-16T09:21:44Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: The Gozo Observer : Issue 43 : Winter 2021 Editors: Briguglio, Lino; Calleja, Joseph; Cauchi, Maurice N.; Camilleri Rolls, Caroline Abstract: 1/ Editorial: Revisiting Gozo’s Special Needs -- 2/ Joe Muscat - The COVID-19 Pandemic – Its Effects on Gozitan Tourism Sector -- 3/ Simon Salafia - Curious Gozitan Place Names - Part II -- 4/ Joseph Scicluna -The Historic Xewkija Windmill and the Xicluna Family of Millers -- 5/ Melissa Pace - Aġenzija Sapport Services -- 6/ Joseph W. Psaila - A Tribute to Michael Camilleri -- 7/ Lino Briguglio - Obituary: Frederick Azzopardi (1949-2020) -- 8/ Matthew Sultana - Obituary - Victor J. Borg (1945-2020) -- 9/ Giovanni Bonello - Book Review: The trompe l’oeil dome of the Gozo Cathedral -- 10/ Joseph W. Psaila - Book Review: “Imwejġiet” Antoloġija ta’ poeżiji -- 11/ Joseph Calleja - Recent Activities at the University of Malta – Gozo Campus

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Title: Editorial : revisiting Gozo’s special needs Abstract: The economic development in Gozo has been the subject of many reports, where the so-called double-insularity is often mentioned as a major constraint in this regard. The Gozo Special Needs Assessment (2002), in which the present author was involved in its preparation, emphasised the fact that business units operating from Gozo suffer from various disadvantages when compared to their counterparts in mainland Malta, leading to increased operating costs for Gozo based firms. [excerpt]

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Title: The COVID-19 pandemic - its effects on the Gozitan tourism sector Abstract: Tourism is a major component and contributor of the Gozitan economy. It is a sector that not only injects overseas funds in the economy, but, due to its high multipliers, also creates other job opportunities. The economic benefit of tourism is far reaching and is also beneficial to other directly and indirectly related sectors, which either depend on tourism activity for their custom, or else depend on expenditure generated from tourism for their success. It is estimated that approximately 50% of the Gozitan Gross Domestic Product is generated by the tourism sector.

2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/78412 2021-07-16T09:18:55Z 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Curious Gozitan place names - part II Abstract: In this article, some curious Gozitan place-names are analysed according to their meanings. Before starting with the first place-name, a brief generic introduction about the meaning of toponyms is necessary. Aquilina (1961), Wettinger (2000) and Zammit Ciantar (1978) gave different and detailed classifications of Maltese toponyms. However, in general all place-names can be divided into two main categories: descriptive toponyms and anthroponyms.

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