Development in the retail sector

Abstract

The Draft Structure Plan for the Maltese Islands (D.S.P. - December, 1990) rightly recognises shopping as an important matrix which forms an integral part of the interrelated activities which characterise the local lifestyle; proposals put forward in the D.S.P relating to shopping include; The bulk of the shopping floorspace in the Islands will continue to be located in the existing major centres, principally Valletta/Floriana, Sliema, Hamrun, Victoria in Gozo, and in a number of smaller centres. The advent of the new shopping complexes described in Policy COM 6 will increase retail turnover in the Islands in absolute terms, in addition to the normal increase in turnover through increasing retail purchasing power as the economy grows.