Is Gozo getting into self-destruct mode?

So, Marsalforn is now getting a 12-storey tower on the seafront. No matter that this is intended to be "not just another block of apartments but a certain 'way of life' concept" it is simply going to add to the destruction of what is left of...

So, Marsalforn is now getting a 12-storey tower on the seafront. No matter that this is intended to be "not just another block of apartments but a certain 'way of life' concept" it is simply going to add to the destruction of what is left of Marsalforn.

In fact, its effect is to mirror the almost complete destruction of Xlendi, the ongoing destruction of Mġarr harbour, Dwejra and so on.

It appears that the spin of eco-Gozo is once again proven to be exactly that, a spin.

While in no way objecting to the Gozitan efforts in overcoming the island's significant economic development shortfalls, by following the ruination of Malta by the island's own veritable landslide of massive, badly designed, poorly constructed and frequently empty or unfinished construction projects, I fear that Gozo is sowing the seeds of its own destruction as the singular tourist destination it wishes to be, both for the Maltese and foreign tourists.

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