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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/62612| Title: | Tourism, Malta, and the expression of unusual kindness |
| Other Titles: | Tourism in the Maltese Islands : observations, reflections and proposals |
| Authors: | Baldacchino, Godfrey |
| Keywords: | Tourism -- Malta Sustainable tourism -- Malta Culture and tourism -- Malta Islands -- Economic conditions Tourism -- Environmental aspects |
| Issue Date: | 2020 |
| Publisher: | Kite Publications for the Institute of Tourism, Travel & Culture, University of Malta |
| Citation: | Baldacchino, G. (2020). Tourism, Malta, and the expression of unusual kindness. In G. Cassar & M. Avellino Stewart (Eds.), Tourism in the Maltese Islands : observations, reflections and proposals (pp. ix-xiv). Malta: Kite Publications for the Institute of Tourism, Travel & Culture, University of Malta. |
| Abstract: | In February of every year the Maltese are reminded of the shipwreck of the apostle Paul on their islands in the year 60 AD, an event memorialised in the Acts of the Apostles. (The day, February 10th, is a religious feast, a public holiday and a national day) The passage from the Acts bears a reference to the welcoming nature of the Maltese, and tlle warm hospitality shown to their accidental guests: "The islanders showed us unusual kindness". This passage was selected as the motto for the visit of Pope Francis to Malta in 2020. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/62612 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtSoc |
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