![]() ![]() She said this is a priority for the Malta Chamber, “as we believe that quality is a principle that needs to be in every element of the tourism supply chain”. Julia Aquilina, policy executive at the Malta Chamber, said that the STR initiative goes beyond direct tourism, as it affects the entire community. He also said that creating a level playing field is not enough as it is important for local authorities to ensure and support a proportional enforcement of the law. Kevin Fsadni, deputy CEO at the Malta Tourism Authority, reassured that the technical capabilities required of short-term accommodation hosts would be supported by clearer guidelines and specifications. In the meantime, it is important that the public authorities keep pursuing the right enforcement measures to ensure that our tourism product is protected.” It’s high time that the EU acted on this front. “The proposed STR initiative is a much-needed concrete step in achieving a level playing field in the tourism industry and more specifically the accommodation sector. “Instead of fighting it, we called for policy frameworks to correct it,” he said. He noted that since its inception, the MHRA has read the signs of the times and accepted that this new form of accommodation provision was here to stay. Several local and EU stakeholders were invited to provide their reactions to the STR initiative.Īndrew Agius Muscat, CEO of the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, highlighted that the platform economy is a product of the internet and social media. ![]() She said such data will assist local authorities to address the challenges brought about by the online short-term rental market, better responding to travellers’ and locals’ concerns, while helping them to ensure that the quality of Malta’s touristic product is maintained and a more sustainable tourism ecosystem achieved.Ĭutajar added that this would allow consumers to continue benefitting from a wide range of accommodation options with better peace of mind and for legitimate and traditional accommodation providers to compete on a more level playing field within the market. The proposed rules will improve transparency and the collection and sharing of data from hosts and online platforms, while giving public authorities a strengthened legal backing to access beneficial data. The presentation was followed by a keynote speech on the topic by MEP Cutajar.Ĭutajar emphasised that the short-term rentals regulation must take into account all key players within the sector. The social area (dining room and porch) is oriented towards the backyard.Alison Mizzi, president of the Malta Business Bureau The bedrooms face a perimeter garden which provides natural light and ventilation all the while maintaining privacy. This passage has 6 zenith openings for natural lighting and ventilation. The Social & Intimate AreasĪ direct connection between the front access and the social area is made through a 2-meter (6.56 feet) wide corridor-gallery that separates the intimate area from the service area. Most of the luminaires are built into these same skylights. At certain points (access gallery, bathrooms, circulations and internal sections of the room and balcony) the placement of the slab-panel joists is interrupted, making way for linear skylights for natural light and/or ventilation. A second mesh of perpendicular beams follows as internal divisions and “ties” the main structure. The beams are interspersed with exposed beams of the slab-panel type. ![]() ![]() The house’s roof structure is supported by 8 cast-in-place exposed concrete beams, 3.5 meters (11.48 feet) long and spaced 2.10 meters (6.89 feet) apart. The pool occupies almost the entire boundary between the house and the yard at the back of the lot and was built with enough dimensions to accommodate one of the residents, a swimming teacher, who could also teach at home. Its entire program was situated on a single floor that is aligned to the public sidewalk, creating an intentional outcrop of the pool at the back of the lot in relation to its natural profile. This house sits on an urban lot with a slight slope from street level. About Berezowski House A Sloped Urban Lot ![]()
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