Italy-China, initiatives and exchanges for the year of culture and tourism News

BEIJING - There are two fields in which the relations along the silk road between Italy and China, they work well. Two fields in which, moreover, the risk of ending up harnessed disputes, geopolitical is a minimum of: culture and tourism. In 2020, these relations will be still: on Wednesday, in Beijing, inside the Egg, the theatre jewel, overlooking Tiananmen Square, was presented "The year of culture and tourism Italy-China". A project that coincides with the anniversary of 50 years of diplomatic relations between Rome and Beijing and includes a series of events, performances and exhibitions in the two Countries, including the terracotta army to the royal Palace of Caserta. "China and Italy are two nations symbol, respectively, of the East and of the West," said Zheng Hao, deputy director of the ministry of Culture, fluent in Italian. Are global leaders, ex-aequo, to world heritage sites, with 55, and hoping that China does not point to the overtaking. "We have a common vocation to beauty", he added, the new Italian ambassador in China, Luca Ferrari, highlighting the benefits that the chinese interest in our Country, brings to our economy.

The numbers say that in 2018, Italy has been the european destination of choice by chinese tourists. The appearances are about 3 million, including those who have visited our Country as the first stage of the classic "trip to Europe" of the groups mandarine, about 500 thousand people, and who has come to us after being landed in other countries. The figure for 2019 is not yet available, but on the basis of the visa issued our ambassador has estimated an increase of 20%, adding that by 2020 you could tap fee 4 million. A recent agreement signed by Enac, the Institution of civil aviation, and the chinese counterpart, has increased the slots on the axis, Italy and China, from 56 to 164 in the week, the highest number among european Countries. Now we have to wait for the companies (especially the chinese), they will occupy and activate the legs, but already by this summer, the number of direct flights between the two Countries is expected to exceed one hundred. This should also facilitate the flow of Italian tourists to China, who to the last survey there are about 300 thousand.

in Addition to the logo of the initiative, the Colosseum and the Temple of Heaven, Beijing side-by-side, China has also revealed a part of the initiatives, which will organize during the year in Italy. One of the most beautiful is an exhibition of the terracotta army to the royal Palace of Caserta, but among other things there will also be performances of the national orchestra of china in Rome and Taormina, a collaboration between the design week of Shanghai and the three-year, promotion events in many cities. As to the Italian events in China, the detailed program will be unveiled next week in Rome, during a meeting between the minister of Culture Dario Franceschini and his chinese counterpart Luo Shugang. But the ambassador Ferrari has anticipated that the target will be to give an image of Italy "of the XXI century", while other initiatives will celebrate Raphael, which marks 500 years since the death, and Federico Fellini, one hundred years after the birth.

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