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Tourism & Hospitality

Tourism is inseparable supports the wide range of services country) and Italian (Malta’s ‘unofficial
from the Maltese available to visitors, who will discover a third language’ because of our close
economic framework. location which offers immersion in a rich historical, geographical and cultural ties
history, colourful local fabric and linguistic with the island of Sicily and the Italian
Even just a cursory glance into the annals accessibility, as well as exposure to an mainland) are amongst the languages
of Mediterranean history reveals Malta international clientele. The Islands of being practised and studied at the ITS.
as a noteworthy destination; an island Malta, for example, provide an exciting
which, amongst other things, boasted destination for tourism related to marine, Due to the number of tourists from
a strategic location and an indomitable archaeological, folkloric, as well as various parts of the world that visit our
spirit. The seat of such arduous struggles sporting and leisure elements, to name islands, many of whom also visit our
as the Great Siege of 1565, the Islands of but a few. Tourism is inseparable from the on-campus restaurants, ITS students
Malta emerged as a force to be reckoned Maltese economic framework; indeed, experience the true international
with, a small but steadfast beacon of it is the principal contributor to the local dimension of our tourism industry.
resistance against would-be invaders. economy.
Moreover, students gain first-hand
Indeed, contemporary Malta is, today, The tourism industry in Malta has gone experience of the tourism and hospitality
intriguing to visitors because of its from strength to strength, constantly industry through the practical dimension
fascinating fusion of the international striving to innovate and reinforce its of their studies, which forms an essential
and the traditional, amidst a southern product by finding various niches part of every single academic programme
Mediterranean atmosphere and climate, through which it can present the Maltese at the Institute of Tourism Studies.
comfortably exhibiting a stunning array experience to visitors. Education and
of influences from the different cultures tourism have recently fortified the links All of this will be experienced against an
that have come to bear on this group of which they have always shared. Students ornate backdrop of history and culture
islands. can now take advantage of this grounding which is at once unique as it is southern
in cutting-edge tourism knowledge and Mediterranean.
Tourism and hospitality can be viewed technologies together with practical
as almost part and parcel of the culture exposure to the industry which the
of the Islands of Malta; an inherent Institute of Tourism Studies offers.
element of Maltese identity, one might
say. Students of tourism in Malta can The versatility of Malta as a destination
benefit from this heady mixture of innate will allow students myriad opportunities to
hospitality and the well-developed practice various languages.
infrastructure Tourism & Hospitality which English, (Malta’s second language and
one of the two official languages of the

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