A Labour Party government would revamp tourism areas around Malta and Gozo, starting with Bugibba Square, as it seeks to improve the country's tourism product, Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Thursday.

Speaking on the TV programme AWLA on Labour Party media, Abela highlighted the PL's proposals for the tourism industry.

The first of these is a tax incentive to tourism operators who renovate their premises or invest in it, which will come in the form of a tax credit which makes up for 30% of that investment.

Abela said that the government would also be coming up with schemes to incentivise tourism during the shoulder months, and that it would also seek to renovate tourism areas such as St. Paul's Bay, Qawra, Xemxija, and Bugibba amongst others.

Abela pledged that the coming summer will be one of the "normality as we are used to", and that the culture sector will be an important part of this, along with the Malta Tourism Authority which, he said, would incentivise not compete with local culture operators.

He said that he was sure the tourism industry was on the road to full recovery; a recovery which he said would come sooner than predicted, like the country's economy has been predicted to recover quicker than initially envisaged by the European Commission.

Abela also briefly discussed the party's measures relating to the elderly, saying that the party had gone above and beyond what it promised in 2017.

He said that the party was promising a €15 per week increase in pensions throughout the legislature, and that it would also be making medicine free for pensioners and widening the government's medicine formulary.

Concluding, Abela again called on people to use their vote and not leave it unused or in their drawer.

"Everyone has a duty to be part of the choice of our country's leadership," he said.

He called on people who were "hurt" to come forward, particularly those who have realistic solutions for problems.  "When a solution has merit to it, we will make it happen," he said.