Malta Residential 17-24 November 2004

Each year a group of between 30 and 60 students who are studying Tourism Management at Leeds Metropolitan University make a 7-day visit to Malta. This section has a selection of images from the visit. In recent years they have been joined by a small group of students who are studying tourism at Laurea Polytechnic, Helsinki.

Image: Leeds students in Gozo - Victoria citadel

The group of students above were enjoying the spectacular views from the Citadel in Victoria, on Gozo. As well as the Leeds party there were just over a dozen from Laurea Polytechnic in Helsinki with their tutor, and a Maltese guide. Janice Johnson, a Leeds tutor, is on the left, with Elina Wainio from Laurea kneeling in front. George Farrugia, the guide, stands at the extreme right at the rear.

Image: Alan Vella lecturing

Alan Vella, Head of Secretariat at the Malta Ministry of Tourism, delivered a lively lecture to the group of Leeds and Helsinki students at the Malta Institute of Tourism Studies.

Image: Tanya Sultana lecturing

Tanya Sultana, of the Malta Tourism Authority, also gave a lecture, which outlined the background of tourism in the country.

Image: The new Radisson SAS hotel at Golden Sands.

The new Radisson SAS hotel at Golden Bay is due to be opened in the summer of 2005, and will host the Commonwealth Heads of State Conference in November.

Image: Trevor Zahra taking to LeedsMet students at Golden Bay

Trevor Zahra, Sales Director for the Island Hotel Group, Malta, talked to the students on the site of the new Radisson SAS Hotel being built overlooking Golden Bay. Island Hotels own the franchised new hotel.

Image: Malta's Grand Harbour and the marina at Cottonera

The new Cottonera marina occupies one of the creeks of Grand Harbour, viewed here from Upper Barrakka Gardens in Valletta.

Image: Dockyard Creek, off Grand Harbour, Malta

The Dockyard has been a major feature of Malta life and economy for many decades. The islands were always strategically important to Eurasian politics because of the quality of the sheltered harbour and growing docks with a highly skilled workforce. Now in decline, the changes to the Maltese economy as the dockyards are restructured are being carried out against the background of Malta's joining the European Community on 1 May, 2004.

Image: Vicnent Zammitt with students from the Institute of Tourism Studies, Malta, who guided groups of the Leeds and Helsinki students around Valletta.

Early in every visit by Leeds students there come guided tours of Valletta led by students from the Institute of Tourism Studies in Malta. Vincent Zammitt, of the Institute, is here marshalling his student guides and the UK and Finnish visitors, stood in the shade of City Gate, Valletta.

Image: Group 8

Above: Trevor Zahra and Leeds students touring the St George's Bay Radisson Hotel.

The photos below are from the final evening social at the Bugibba Holiday Complex and lunch before setting off to the airport.

Image: Group 7

Image: Group 6

Image: Group 5

Image: Group 4

Image: Group 3

Image: Group 2

Image: Group 1

Other pages:

Alan Machin: Tourism As Education

International Centre for Responsible Tourism

Final Year Students' Visit To Halifax, 11 April '08

Career Networking