My husband and I love Malta. We are frequent visitors.

Recently we opted to go to the St Julians area instead of staying, as we normally do, in the south of the island. It was a disaster.

We booked into a three star hotel in the vicinity of Bay Street. The hotel management treated us like royalty.

The unsolved problem and the shattering headache that spoiled it all was the never-ending noise during the night coming from the underlying bars and clubs in the vicinity.

It appears that in that part of the island the long arm of the law as to noise control and noise abatement, so that hotel guests can enjoy a good night’s sleep, does not reach out.

We learned about this sad state of affairs from the hotel management who informed us, when we complained, that the hotel had lodged dozens of official complaints.

Apparently these seem to have fallen on deaf ears! The hotel management were extremely courteous and apologetic – for something which the authorities should have righted long ago and which is within the powers of the law of the land.

We strongly believe that if Malta wants to attract repeat tourism this control of noise pollution should be taken in hand in earnest.