Malta is popular with Russians.
Malta has been voted the Best Island Resort by tourists on the www.travel.ru website.
Past winners in this category have included the Maldives (2004-2009), Boracay in the Philippines (2010) and Crete (2011).
Malta was competing against another 34 destinations this year.
More than 10,000 votes were cast in all categories.
Travel.ru is one of the most popular internet tourist resources for Russians.
In 2012 Malta achieved a 31 per cent increase in arrivals from Russia with 32,000 Russian tourists visiting the island.
The Russian market registered the highest overall increase in tourist numbers in 2012 from all markets (plus 7,466 people).