United Travel Malta

The Ministry for Tourism and the Malta Tourism Authority will once again join forces to organise the 14th edition of the Malta International Fireworks Festival. The festival forms part of the anniversary celebrations of Malta's accession to the European Union and the colourful spectacle annually attracts thousands of locals and tourists alike. Following the positive feedback received after last year's edition, this year's events shall once again commence in the charming fishing village of Marsaxlokk on Saturday 25th April 2015. The event will continue on Thursday, 30th April against the magnificent and unique back drop that is Valletta's Grand Harbour. The closing display, which will consist of a Pyromusical show, will be held on Saturday, 02nd May and can be viewed from the tourist hub of Bugibba. The festival has rightfully earned the title of "International" as it has attracted pyrotechnic companies from Malta as well as from further afield. The compet...

The lovely little rock that we like to call home has featured on two very different ranking lists in the past week that make me feel proud to say I live in Malta. The first list Malta featured in was in Beatport's list of " 13 Mind-Blowing Festival Destinations You’ll Never Want to Leave ". This list has been put together by the Beatportal staff and includes a list of what they claim are the "wildest locales around the world". The festivals that feature in their lists have line-ups that would please any festival goer, but each festival destination has its own original element that makes them different from all the others in the list and includes countries as different as Japan, Switzerland and Bulgaria.  Malta placed in 9th place and features in this list with Annie Mac's first edition of Lost & Found, a festival that will be taking place in Malta over the Easter weekend (03rd - 05th April 2015). According to the event's official website ...