In the last few summers, Comino’s Blue Lagoon was making headlines for all the wrong reasons. Once the postcard image of Maltese paradise, it became a chaotic mass of deckchairs, kiosks and too many tourists, so much so that a recent BBC story labelled it “hell on earth”. That was a clear exaggeration, but it struck a nerve. And now, an important experiment
The first day of the new ticketing system on Comino’s Blue Lagoon passed without any major hiccups, according to a Transport Malta official who was on site. The system was announced on Tuesday by the Malta Tourism Authority, with the aim of managing the number of people that enter the ecologically sensitive yet highly popular area. Visitors could book
A new visitor online booking system to visit Comino’s Blue Lagoon, launched just two days ago, has been suspended due to a court decision, the Malta Tourism Authority announced. In a statement sent on Saturday, the MTA said the Team Blue Lagoon will temporarily put the system on hold until further notice after boat operators filed a court decree on
The booking system to visit Comino has been put on hold by the Malta Tourism Authority after a court decree upheld an application filed against the system, the MTA said Saturday. Team Blue Lagoon, the MTA said in a statement has taken note of Friday's court decree, which temporarily upholds an application by ferry operators to block the implementation
For years Comino has come under the microscope as being the destination in Malta which has fallen victim to over-tourism the most. In the summer months, the small island - which is a Natura 2000 site - is overrun by tourists, while kiosks residing over there on the basis of dubiously renewed concessions make thousands in profit off their backs, and
The PN has called on the government to “immediately publish” the carrying capacity study for Comino. In a statement on Friday, Shadow Minister for Gozo Alex Borg said it was “alarming” that the government was basing its decisions on a study “which it is refusing to publish”. He added this " reveals a lack of transparency". “If the study exists and
