Malta: best place to work, socialise... but don't mention the transport!
Expats rank Malta's travel and transport poorly, even if the island comes out on top in the 'working abroad' index, according to a survey.
Malta ranks in 39th place in the transport satisfaction category, with 36 of foreigners who have settled here saying they are "particularly dissatisfied", echoing the daily frustration of the Maltese.
InterNations, the largest global network for people who live and work abroad, recently asked 14,400 expatriates from around the world about their life abroad for the annual Expat Insider survey.
Expats answered questions about various aspects of everyday life in their adopted home, such as quality of life, ease of settling in, working abroad, family life, personal finance, and cost of living.
Many of the expats living in Malta are generally happy with their career prospects (67 per cent), work-life balance (67 per cent) and working hours (69 per cent).
At the same time, though, 46 per cent say that their income is now lower than it used to be back home and 38 per cent fall into the lowest income brackets of€22,000 and below.
But Malta is popular for its ease of settling in and makes it to fourth place in the respective index. In fact, 73 per...