Is-Segretarju Parlamentari għat-Turiżmu Dr Mario Demarco iltaqa’ ma’ delegazzjoni mill-General Workers Union magħmula mill-President is-Sur Victor Carachi u Tony Coleiro, Konsulent għall-istess unjin u s-Sur Alex McFadden, President ta’ TUC Merseyside UK, li matulha ddiskutew il-possibbiltà li jiġi esplorat aktar suq niċċa partikolari, prinċipalment minn u lejn ir-Renju Unit, li qed isir interessanti u ta’ qligħ għal dawk id-destinazzjonijiet, l-aktar minn Pajjiżi Ewropej u Ażjatiċi, li diġà bdew joffru pakketti ta’ vaganzi, konferenzi u pakketti ta’ inċentivi lill-movimenti trejdjunjins. mad-dinja kollha.
Tony Coleiro informa lis-Segretarju Parlamentari li, permezz tad-Diviżjoni Internazzjonali tal-Union, irnexxielhom jippenetraw f’diversi Movimenti Trade Unions madwar id-dinja kollha, bil-ħsieb li jippromwovu lil Malta u Għawdex u wkoll li jużaw lil Malta bħala hub għat-turiżmu inbound u outbound. għall-membri tal-unjins f’pajjiżi oħra.
Ir-rispons kien pożittiv ħafna, u għal dan il-għan l-ewwel kuntatt pożittiv ġie mit-Trade Union Council – TUC fir-Renju Unit. Dan se jagħtihom l-opportunità li jikkummerċjalizzaw u jippromwovu l-Gżejjer Maltin mal-Fergħat Reġjonali kollha tat-TUC fir-Renju Unit u Movimenti Trejdjunjins oħra affiljati madwar id-dinja. Il-Membri tal-Unjoni Lokali se jibbenefikaw ukoll minn pakketti tal-vaganzi attraenti offruti lilhom fir-Renju Unit.
Il-laqgħa ma’ Dr Demarco kienet pożittiva ħafna u ż-żewġ naħat qablu li jiġi stabbilit Forum Anglo-Malti biex jaraw modi u mezzi kif jiżdied it-traffiku lejn u mir-Renju Unit bis-sehem tat-Taqsima Ospitalità u Ikel tal-GWU, Malta. Awtorità tat-Turiżmu, Merseyside TUC, Air Malta u MHRA. Dr Demarco ta l-impenn tiegħu li jipprovdi assistenza għal diversi inizjattivi li jinkludu vjaġġ ta’ familjarizzazzjoni għall-ġurnalisti tat-Trade Unions Brittaniċi, l-Istampa lokali tar-Renju Unit u l-ġurnalisti tal-kummerċ turistiku biex iżuru Malta din is-sena, 2008. Huwa wiegħed ukoll l-impenn personali tiegħu u l-appoġġ Ministerjali tiegħu għall- suċċess ta’ dan il-proġett.
Is-Sur McFadden, President tat-TUC ta’ Merseyside, impenja ruħu wkoll f’isem il-Union tiegħu, li jorganizza vjaġġ lejn Malta fil-ħarifa għad-Delegazzjoni tat-Trade Unions magħmula mis-Segretarju Ġenerali tat-TUC Reġjonali u l-Unity Trust Bank biex twaqqaf fehim tal-lokal. prodott u wkoll pro/eduri biex jassistu lill-membri tal-unjoni Brittanika. Is-Sur McFadden se jkun qed jaħdem ukoll flimkien mal-grupp fokali biex jippromwovi pakketti ta’ vaganzi għall-Gruppi ta’ Pensjonanti tat-Trade Union b’rati favorevoli dan l-istaġun tax-xitwa, jiġifieri minn Novembru 2008 sa Mejju 2009. Il-GWU u t-TUC saħqu wkoll fuq il-punt li l-fornituri tas-servizz kollha involuti fi dan il-proġett, u li huma unionizzati, se jkunu prijoritizzati, għalkemm entitajiet preżenti mhux unionizzati se jiġu kkunsidrati għal dan il-proġett fejn xieraq.
Ġie miftiehem ukoll li l-Forum il-ġdid se jimmira għal żewġ Kungressi Ewropej tat-Trejdjunjins fis-sena li se jsiru f’Malta 2009. TUC Merseyside se jipprovdi l-faċilitajiet u l-opportunitajiet kollha meħtieġa biex il-grupp fokali jkun jista’ jorganizza konferenzi u kampanji promozzjonali waqt il-kungressi reġjonali tat-TUC f’ ir-Renju Unit u biex tikseb appoġġ u fehim tal-prodott Malti bħala destinazzjoni għal divertiment, konferenzi u avvenimenti. L-Air Malta se tkun involuta direttament ukoll biex tikseb l-aħjar offerti possibbli minn Viżitaturi tat-Trade Unions mir-Renju Unit u Ċentri tat-Trade Unions Ewropej oħra. Merseyside TUC se jfittex li jdaħħal l-aħjar prattika f'termini ta' xogħol edukattiv fi ħdan il-British Trade unions, 'Union Learn Programs,' u proġetti Ewropej TU għall-Gżejjer Maltin.
Eventwalment il-kampanji promozzjonali tagħhom se jkunu qed jilħqu r-reġjuni li ġejjin fir-Renju Unit:
Midlands: Birmingham, Chesterfield, Coventry, Derby, Hereford, Kidderminster, Leicester, Lincoln, Mansfield, Northampton, Nottingham, Rugby, Shrewsbury, Solihull, Stafford, Stoke-on-Trent, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Worcester
Tramuntana: Alnwick, Barrow-in-Furness, Carlisle, Darlington, Durham, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Penrith, Stockton-on-Tees, Sunderland, Workington
Majjistral: Blackburn, Blackpool, Bolton, Burnly, Chester, Chester, Crewe, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Salford, St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, Wigan
Nofsinhar u Lvant: Basingstoke, Bedford, Brighton, Bury St Edmonds, Cambridge, Canterbury, Chatham, Colchester, Dunstable, Greater London, Hemel Hempstead, Ipswich, Isle of Wight, Kings Lynn, Lowestoft, Milton Keynes, Newhaven, Norwich, Oxford, Peterborough, Portsmouth, Reading, Sidcup, Sittingbourne, Slough, Southampton, Stevenage, Tonbridge, Watford
Lbiċ: Bath, Bournemouth, Bristol, Cheltenham, Exeter, Gloucester, Plymouth, Poole, Salisbury, Taunton, Truro, Weymouth, Yeovil
Yorkshire u l-Humber: Barnsley, Bradford, Grimsby, Harrogate, Hull, Leeds, Northallerton, Scarborough, Scunthorpe, Sheffield, Wakefield, Whitby, York
L-Iskozja: Aberdeen, Ayr, Cumbernauld, Dumbarton, Dundee, East Kilbride, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, Greenock, Hamilton, Inverness, Kirkcaldy, Livingston, Motherwell, Paisley, Perth, Stirling
Wales TUC: Aberystwyth, Bangor, Bridgend, Carmarthen, Cardiff, Holyhead, Llandadno, Merthyr Tydfil, Newport, Port Talbot, Prestatyn, Rhyl, Swansea, Wrexham
X'GĦANDEK NEĦĦED MINN DAN L-ARTIKOLU:
- McFadden, Merseyside TUC president, also committed himself on behalf of his Union, to organize a trip to Malta in autumn for the Trade Union Delegation made up of Regional TUC Secretary Generals' and Unity Trust Bank to set up an understanding of the local product and also procedures to assist British union members.
- Tony Coleiro informed the Parliamentary Secretary that, through the Union's International Division, they managed to penetrate into various Trade Unions Movements all over the world, with the intention to promote Malta and Gozo and also to use Malta as a hub for the inbound and outbound tourism for union members in other countries.
- TUC Merseyside will provide all the necessary facilities and opportunities to enable the focus group to organize conferences and promotional campaigns during TUC regional congresses in the UK and to gain support and understanding of the Maltese product as a destination for leisure, conferences and events.
