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WEDNESDAY • 30 APRIL 2025 • ISSUE 938 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY
JAMES
DEBONO
jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt
NICOLE
MEILAK
nmeilak@mediatoday.com.mt
National Book
Council to
push for basic
income scheme
for writers
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Blue Lagoon visitors
will need to book
online this summer
VISITORS to Blue Lagoon will have to
pre-book their trip with the Malta Tour-
ism Authority starting Thursday 1 May,
and only 4,000 visitors will be allowed in
the area at any given time.
The Malta Tourism Authority (MTA)
is launching an online visitor booking
system to regulate the number of peo-
ple visiting the Natura 2000 site.
Individuals or groups arriving by pri-
vate or commercial vessels will have
to pre-book a slot through the online
system—bluelagooncomino.mt.
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THE National Book Council (NBC) has pro-
posed launching discussions with the gov-
ernment on the introduction of a basic in-
come for writers, in a bid to address concerns
about the financial sustainability of writing as
a profession in Malta.
The proposed income support for writers
is one of many measures contemplated in
the NBC's new five-year strategic vision
which has been issued for public consulta-
tion.
The strategic document identifies the
lack of full-time authors as a critical weak-
ness in the country's small and struggling
literary sector.
Tourism authorities place limit of 4,000 visitors at any one time at Blue Lagoon
