Fewer passengers on the Gozo ferries, but trips increase

Noel Enriquez

Jul 10th 2009, 17:37

@ Martin Galea, With your reasoning you should pay more for being gozitan than every time you fly Air Malta then,.. simply because it's called Air Malta not air Gozo! You should pay more electricity and water bills because it's called Enemalta not Enegozo! What silly resoning! There should be no privileges but a justified reason for cheaper ticketing, and the only excuse should be that of employment in malta!

Martin Galea

Jul 9th 2009, 11:14

Just as a matter of interest, why should we GOZITANS pay same as the maltese? after all the heading says the Gozo ferry and not the Malta ferry, so i think we are Priviledge!!!!! Agree the ball is in your court. why should we be 2nd class citizen as always, but not in this case my brothers.

Noel Enriquez

Jul 9th 2009, 01:28

People from Gozo should pay the same price Maltese do. If there are gozithans who work in Malta there should be a scheme where the employer applies for, where his gozithan employees hold a pass and get a reduced ticket. Other than that there should be the same price to gozithans, Maltese and tourists. There are gozithans who come to Malta for holidays too, Mr. Galea, (whether it be malta or to go to the airport to go overseas) and pay less than I do for the same ferry crossing I, or any other tourist does to go on holiday in Gozo! Result is, the unpopularity of gozo where an increasing number of Maltese are preferring an overseas vacation due to high ferry prices and the reason stated by Mr Fenech MD.

ANTHEA DOUGHTY

Jul 8th 2009, 21:59

As a lover of both Malta and Gozo my husband and I holiday in your lovely country twice a year, however, the cost of the ferry is now prohibitive. We either stay on Gozo OR Malta, we cannot afford to keep going over to the mainland and back. 20.35 euros for two people in a car. Dreadful price! I am sure we arenot the only tourists that are put off using the ferry and going to Gozo and back because of the price.

Fenech MD

Jul 8th 2009, 15:16

My family and I used to rent a flat in Gozo, but this year the owner told me that the price for the flat was double that of last year. I said no thanks, bought a tent, and we are having a two day holiday in Gozo every week with much, much less.

I can understand that there was a rise in the flat's running expenses (such as W&E bills, Gas etc) but surely doubling the amount was much too high to charge?

Well, I am still having my holiday at a lesser cost, but the owner have lost a 'parruccan' since I have been letting the flat for more than 20 years. So sorry for him, but no one can blame me.

charles zammit

Jul 8th 2009, 14:34

mark galea you got things wrong. while it is true that most of the maltese go to gozo for a holiday no one should be overcharged. tourism is not how to make a quick buck but how to nourish a niche market on which the gozitan economy depends on. Price hikes are not good for the customer and not good on the entrepreneurs

Mark Galea

Jul 8th 2009, 13:33

@Mary Xicluna
Every Gozitan is FORCED to use the ferry to go to MALTA. NO Maltese is forced to go to Gozo since Maltese go to Gozo for holidays. You can even go abroad for your holidays, if you think it is not fair.

Mary Xicluna

Jul 8th 2009, 13:11

I'm not surprised the cost of 2 people and a vehicle is alot more then what a gozitan resident pays, we Maltese have to pay the extra, why we all pay the same taxes OR DO WE?