Sliema promenade is being spoiled

Along the Sliema promenade, from Għar id-Dud to the Love Monument, one encounters a large number of sellers of all sorts of foreign goods. These range from trinkets to wooden arms, besides services on offer that include henna tattooing and hair braiding. They take up whole rows of benches and large spaces to create their own little shops.

The Sliema promenade is being degraded and deprived of its natural beauty. The sellers are obstructing the serenity which once used to prevail when coming to Sliema for a nice stroll. Lately at the Birżebbuġa promenade, there was written specifically that “no one is allowed to sell anything on this promenade”. So why can’t we follow their good example and take the initiative to bring back our Sliema promenade instead of reducing it to a marketplace?

Obstructive billboards are also being put up along the promenade showing menus and other services that may be acquired from the opposite side of the road.

BBQ smells have become synonymous with the Sliema promenade. At Għadira, which is not as popular with strollers, they are no longer allowed. So why does Sliema have to become the victim of such polluted air at night?

To top it all, on one of the Sliema beaches, a big carpet is being spread out for shisha lovers.

Let’s not let our lovely seaside promenades degenerate in this manner!