Tourism has long been a major part of Malta’s economy, with the country’s authorities resorting to different means to ensure a steady flow of visitors throughout the summer months.

Testament to this is a video uploaded to Tiktok showing a charming advertisement from the 1980s. The ad in question urges British tourists to choose Malta as their summer holiday destination.

The tagline for said ad was, in fact, ‘you’ve a warmer welcome in Malta’ – a reference to the islands’ hot, bright, and sunny summers which British tourists tend to crave.

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The footage used for the ad shows many sites that remain synonymous with the Maltese islands to this day. Fort St Angelo, a fisherman with his luzzu, and a signature Maltese karozzin are among the quintessentially Maltese elements shown off in the clip.

The ad’s narrator can also be heard explaining how “Malta is as affordable as ever.”

This video goes on to show a number of other advertisements from the same period. Among these is an ad for Gelandia ice-cream which put buyers in with the chance of winning a trip to Orlando, Florida.

Another ad, for Maltese food and drink company Caprat, told viewers that by purchasing the brand’s squash, they’d be in with the chance of winning a whopping Lm3,000.

Do you remember seeing any of these ads? 

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