British tourist bookings 'on same level' as last year - Julia Farrugia Portelli

Bookings by British tourists have “spiked” over the past two weeks and arrivals from the UK should be at par with those of last year’s, Julia Farrugia Portelli said  on Thursday.
Answering questions on BBC Breakfast, the Tourism Minister said Malta had “good ties with the British government and statistics are showing us that we had a spike in the past two weeks.”
“Travel agents in the UK told us that we have practically reached the same level of bookings by British tourists as we had last year,” she added.

Farrugia Portelli was asked what would happen if tourists who make it through the airport temperature check fall ill at the hotel.
The tourists would be isolated until the arrival of the medical team. “All the patients will be cared for in an appropriate manner,” Farrugia Portelli added. 
Asked how long they would have to isolate for, Farrugia Portelli said all hotels had a direct line with the health authorities and the mechanism will kick off as soon as they are alerted about a suspect COVID-19 case. 
The first commercial flights to Malta in three-and-a-half months touched down on Wednesday as the country reopened its borders to 21 countries.
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