Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi went on 30 trips abroad last year, spending some €78,000 on them.

Asked in Parliament by Nationalist Party MP Claudette Buttigieg for details about his trips abroad, Dr Mizzi said that last year he made 30 official visits abroad, with the average cost of each one averaging €2,600.

In 2017, the year he was appointed Tourism Minister after the Labour Party was re-elected to government in June, Dr Mizzi went on eight such trips abroad.

In her question, Ms Buttigieg asked for a breakdown of all the trips that Dr Mizzi went on since Labour first came to power in 2013.

The PN MP also asked for details of each trip, namely the reason for each trip, the length of each trip and who accompanied the minister. She also asked whether the trips were booked through travel agencies and if so, which were these and were they selected via a direct order.

Dr Mizzi provided none of these details in his reply, stating however that the trips abroad were in conformity with the established procedures and were approved by the Cabinet.

According to information also tabled in Parliament recently, Dr Mizzi missed 48 parliamentary sittings last year because he was away on government business.

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