ISLANDS AND SMALL STATES INSTITUTE
UNIVERSITY OF MALTA
Postal address: University of Malta, Msida MSD 2080, Malta
Secretariat: Tel/Fax: +(356) 21344879: email: islands@um.edu.mt
Director: Tel/Fax: +(356) 21340335: lino.briguglio@um.edu.mt
Director: Professor Lino Briguglio
Cold Water Tourism and Winter Tourism in Small
Islands: The Cases of Faroe and the Maltese Islands
The Islands and Small States Institute of the University of Malta, organised a public
seminar followed by a discussion on Wednesday 9th April 2014 at the University of
Malta, Tal-Qroqq Campus. The theme of the seminar was "Cold Water Tourism and
Winter Tourism in Small Islands: The Cases of Faroe and the Maltese Islands".
The seminar was addressed by two speakers. Professor Gestur Hovgaard from the
Department of Social Sciences at the University of the Faroe Islands spoke about cold
water tourism. Ms Marie Avellino, Assistant lecturer at the Institute of Tourism, Travel
and Culture at the University of Malta spoke about Seniors and Winter Tourism in Malta.
The presentations were followed by a discussion. The seminar was chaired by the
Director of the Islands and Small States Institute, Professor Lino Briguglio.
Caption: Speakers addressing the audience. From Left: Ms Avellino, Prof Hovgaard and
Prof Briguglio.