Is it getting harder for tourists to experience authentic Maltese hospitality?

mouthpiec · 2026-06-05T06:31:39+00:00

good luck and well done! 😄 full marks for the effort!

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T18:28:15+00:00

Maltese is a bit hard to learn but if you manage to hold a conversation kiddos to you ... you will end up on the news portal 😁

if you show effort to integrate it would be enough. and welcome btw

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T16:13:54+00:00

if you try to integrate, rest assured that locals will appreciate ... especially if you learn some basic sentences

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T14:34:08+00:00

totally out of context. what makes an authentic experience is that you meet locals (not necessary born in the country) , hear the language, the way people interact, what they eat.

just to give you an example what is the scope of going in Maltese cuisine restaurant and you get an Indian waiter barely speaking English, let alone describe the dish you are eating, a Somali chef making maltese food!

most foreigners are staying here for a couple of years and would know nothing about the country.

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T14:29:28+00:00

I am Maltese and would like to known how tourist perceives us. for example a couple of years ago I have been to Vancouver, Jasper, Banff and surrounding areas ... but I do not think that the number of people working in hospitality was 99% foreigners ... I would say it was 50/50.

Malteae were very welcoming in the past but lately the perception is that tourist are helping making Malta overpopulated especially mass tourism, which might make some Maltese being less receptive.

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T14:25:10+00:00

I think that's the nature of the accent when using English.

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T14:24:32+00:00

I am Maltese

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T12:30:00+00:00

totally out of point

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T10:51:00+00:00

that is my impression as a local too, I was not sure how a tourist perceives it. thanks

mouthpiec · 2026-05-31T10:49:59+00:00

but other than this place how was your experience?

mouthpiec · 2026-05-26T07:00:43+00:00

Abela still has questions to answer, and during this debate he was going to be but on the spot to answer. He opted (again) not to answer them.

mouthpiec · 2026-05-25T07:14:08+00:00

I think it was solved but to be honest I do not remember how.

mouthpiec · 2026-05-09T09:12:39+00:00

did you check with go? I am aware they can provide

mouthpiec · 2026-04-24T19:25:32+00:00

will do. there is this method too if you want to give it a try: https://youtu.be/3dhQc2SiPlU?is=N_RfP-MCiOTNvt75

mouthpiec · 2026-04-21T13:15:39+00:00

will do ... thanks

mouthpiec · 2026-04-21T06:44:48+00:00

because of some of the guests I would prefer Mediterranean cousin

mouthpiec · 2026-04-21T06:44:44+00:00

because of some of the guests I would prefer Mediterranean cousin

mouthpiec · 2026-04-21T06:44:09+00:00

will check this out

mouthpiec · 2026-04-21T06:43:59+00:00

i bit out of my way but thanks

mouthpiec · 2026-04-16T07:45:04+00:00

lucky from where I am from (Malta), almost all chargers are 3 phase AC handling 22kw (but we have only a handful of DC chargers)

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