Dr Jim Butcher

Dr Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher

Jim Butcher is a lec­turer and writer who has writ­ten a num­ber of books on the soci­ology and polit­ics of tour­ism. Dr Butcher blogs at Polit­ics of Tour­ism, tweets at @jimbutcher2, and is the founder of Tourism’s Hori­zon: Travel for the Mil­lions.

Jim has also writ­ten for The “Good Tour­ism” Blog.

The good oil: Merill’s Maltese paradise

May 19, 2025
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Charlie and Bella Vella produce great olive oil from their Tan Nixxiegha Olive Grove in Malta according to author Jim Butcher who supplied the picture

I’ve been vis­it­ing Malta on field trips and hol­i­days for many years. It’s like a second home. I take a little pride in know­ing a few spe­cial places — you know, those “places tour­ists nev­er vis­it” — and intro­du­cing stu­dents to them.  The Maltese are proud of their islands, and tour­ism is a staple industry that has grown rap­idly. Malta […]

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