Does Gozo really need another hotel?

Published on the Times of Malta on Tuesday 8th June, 2010 by Charles Micallef, Qawra.

At the risk of being accused of pessimism, I would like to ask if Gozo needs yet another hotel. Is it not a matter for the relevant authorities to make sure that there is some consistency in the number of tourist arrivals and fill the empty hotel rooms first (and I do not mean for eight weeks out of 52) or has optimism gone to someone's head?

Let us not have a repeat of investments such as the Mistra Village, Jerma Palace, Forum Hotel which were good hotels but were closed down and the properties left as eyesores, simply because the room rates they were achieving did not make commercial sense!

The least one can do is learn through past mistakes.

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