(Adds ministry statement)
Tourism is one of the pillars with which to create a roadmap for economic growth, Opposition leader Joseph Muscat said this morning.
He was speaking during a visit to the Hotel Excelsior, as part of the preparatory works for the PL congress in September.
Dr Muscat said the next step forward was the creation of a better and more coordinated strategy that would include Air Malta, low cost airlines, tour operators, online businesses, cruise liner terminals and Gozo.
In a reply, the Tourism Ministry said said that the government was successfully implementing a policy which gave the country a record number of arrivals, bed nights and income from tourism.
This was a strategy that was bearing results but the PL wanted to change it. However, it was not saying how. The PL should explain its policy, the ministry said.