Chef Sean Gravina reflects on the Maltese hospitality industry and how it is different now that the local people don’t want to work in that sector.Gravina’s reflection on social media comes after a short stay in northern Sicily and meeting people in the hospitality industry that were all Italian, “from the gardener to the pool guy, the waiters, the street cleaners.”He went on to post his reflection to social media saying how these jobs in Malta are being taken up by foreigners because the Maltese people don’t want to serve but “be served.”“Sicily is in direct competition with us. And I honestly believe that right now, they’re winning. A lot of good tourists are choosing Sicily over Malta,” wrote Gravina as he thought on the type of tourists he met while on holiday.The chef raised an issue saying that Malta is experiencing a problem regarding the quality of our tourism, “It’s not a political game. It’s a national issue that needs all of us to get real and start fixing it together.” View this post on InstagramA post shared by Lovin Malta (@lovinmalta)One of the solutions that Gravina suggested was to respect Malta’s limited size and understanding the limit that it can reach, especially with regarding to the “ oversaturation we’re seeing, in restaurants, businesses, developments, and services, is doing more harm than good.”Through this solution, Gravina thinks that Malta would be in need of less foreign workers which could encourage a turn of the page, including perhaps the return of Maltese workers to the hospitality industry, fewer people on our islands and less pressure on the infrastructure.A key thought that Gravina published on social media is the idea that tourists think of Malta as a “party destination” and while it’s not necessarily a bad thing, however, Malta has so much more to offer. He even went on to claim that the tourists Malta is currently receiving are no longer connecting with the real Malta, experiencing its heritage and exploring deeper.Gravina finished his statement saying that although change is the future of the hospitality industry in Malta, many businesses won’t want to adapt. He called for either a change in the business model or for a national change across the board to “bring the right tourists back.”What do you make of his statement?•