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Summary
While there is certainly a lot for a small country to gain from tourism, there are also many potential problems. Despite the money and the jobs that tourism can generate, it invites massive numbers of foreigners into the host country, and the resulting crowding, sudden increase in the population, and influences of a foreign culture all take their toll on the local population. However, the benefits of tourism far outweigh any of the negative consequences, and it is clear that the industry will not disappear any time soon. It up to the locals therefore, to create ways to deal with the negative effects that tourism brings on a country. What seem, at first glance, to be the standard rules, regulations, and practices that are always used in public spaces, are in fact ways of dealing with these effects.

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Lace making is a traditional art on the Island of Gozo and many Gozitans are extremely proud of their unique and valued bobbin lace works. Lace not only once fulfilled an economic role within the lives of the Gozitans; it also had a significant social aspect to fulfill. On present day Gozo, handmade lace has not retained its important economic role as it has been replaced in the recent past with factory and tourist related jobs; as well as the fact that the price of lace has not kept up with the cost to weave these intricate pieces. Not only is the reasons for the decline in lace’s economic function a focus, so is whether or not this art form will continue after the current older generation of Gozitans are gone. This is an important question to be asked since Gozitan lace is distinctive from any other form of lace and it is a highly prized item by Gozitan and foreigners alike. The capacity in which lace will continue is significant and what is being done by the people themselves to save this art form is also taken into consideration.

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In lieu of the recent dwindling numbers of tourists flocking to Malta annually, The Malta Tourism Authority and Heritage Malta are emphasizing the need to attract “quality tourists” to the Maltese islands. Malta’s old image of “sun, sea, and sand” and four star hotels is slowly being replaced by cultural tourism, which involves reallocation of funding to develop and sustain cultural heritage sites for tourism. This paper presents two Neolithic temple sites in Gozo, Malta that lie at opposite ends of the preservation-presentation spectrum due to public interest and site accessibility. The first, Ggantija, is a UNESCO Heritage Site, and has seen extensive excavation, the artifacts of which are housed in the National Archaeology Museum in Valletta, Malta and in the Archaeology Museum in Victoria (Rabat), Gozo. The second, Ta’ Marziena , is located on privately owned farmland and has never been excavated. Additionally addressed is the impact of invented heritage on preservation by local villagers and New Age religionists, and the role of tourist photography and postcards in presentation. I propose a method of incorporating the several lesser Neolithic temple sites of Gozo into a cultural tourism route through the island.

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Heritage Malta and the Malta Tourism Authority have recently endeavored to increase “quality tourism” in the Maltese Islands. One way of doing so is by encouraging cultural tourism in Malta and Gozo, and by preserving the maritime heritage of the islands by presenting Malta as a premier diving destination. This is in contrast to the “sun, sea, and sand” image that has disappointed recent tourism statistics in Malta. This study discusses the ways in which Gozitans are preserving their maritime heritage through diving and how they are presenting this avenue of heritage to the public and divers as potential tourists.

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On the island of Gozo, wine is an avenue for cultural identity. Gozitans create identity for themselves through practices associated with wine, while at the same time there are also forces associated with wine that create an identity of Gozo that is perceived by the outsider. Tourism and Malta’s recent induction to the European Union are currently two factors that have a significant position regarding culture change on Gozo. Tourism and the EU both have aspects that affect practices associated with wine. Therefore this article will look at wine in the lives of Gozitans and what influence tourism and the EU have on wine in Gozo.

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The current paper describes the changing construction of agricultural walls on the island of Gozo, part of the Maltese islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The described changes represent physical artifactual evidence of the changing culture of a nation that gained its independence only forty years ago yet maintains a history over five thousand years old. In this regard, the analysis provides an ethnoarchaeological portrayal of a wall and its construction; the form of the wall displays its character throughout its life yet is the product of the times at the event of its construction. The wall therefore displays the culture held at that event and a comparison of different walls will show a sequence of cultural change. In Gozo, hundreds of years of dry rubble wall construction terraced the island into viable farmlands. However, changing farming and economical practices have changed the value of old walls and supported the construction of a new wall design using cut limestone blocks cemented together. This paper attempts to describe these changes, their causes, their eventual effects, and the role of tourism in the preservation of history.

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