Recent updates to Malta’s accommodation policy introduce a clearer focus on quality over quantity, with stricter planning controls and a shift towards more sustainable, high-value tourism development. Here’s what you need to know: No new hotels exceeding height limits, under 3-stars, or over 200 rooms No new all-inclusive resorts or tourist villages
Deputy Prime Minister and Tourism Minister Ian Borg has announced sweeping new regulations targeting hotels and short-term rentals in Malta . The Tourism Accommodation Regulations 2026 introduce stricter rules across the sector, including a ban on new hotel developments or extensions that exceed height limits set in planning policies. The regulations
A reform hitting the hospitality sector this June will stop all new development applications for one-star and two-star hotels, as well as all-inclusive resorts and most hostels, from being considered for development. Approaching this summer season is a set of new rules that will be re-shaping several aspects of the hospitality sector across Malta and
New applications for all-inclusive resorts and most hostels will be barred under new rules set to come into effect in June. The reform will also prohibit new applications for one or two-star hotels, while a controversial existing measure allowing hotel developments to exceed local plan heights by two floors will be rolled back. The reform comes off
Malta has introduced sweeping new tourism accommodation regulations aimed at raising standards and shifting the industry toward higher-value offerings. Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism Ian Borg announced the Tourism Accommodation Regulations 2026, which consolidate four existing laws into a single framework under the
