(1 June 2016) +5.6% of Austrian tourist arrivals in 2015 (compared to 2014) in Friuli Venezia Giulia with nearly 398,000 visitors: The Austrian market (and the German-speaking one in general) is a strategic objective for the administration of Friuli Venezia Giulia, and its operating arm, PromoTurismo Fvg, who announced the special edition of the region’s culture magazine “Tiere furlane ” to journalists and tour operators in Vienna’s MuseumsQuartier. Over 150 pages in German, written by Austrian journalists to better reach out to tourist’s tastes and expectations across the border. The Region’s Vice President and Councillor for Tourism and Productive Activities, Sergio Bolzonello and the Italian Ambassador to the Austrian capital, Giorgio Marrapodi, have expressed that tourism continues to look attentively and with a desire towards Friuli Venezia Giulia, descending from its mountains to the sea, from its food and wine, villas, its small towns to big cities (as shown by Austrian journalists Gisela Hopmueller and Franz Hlavac, coordinated by Enos Costantini). A particular focus is in fact dedicated to Trieste (and its Karst), a city that remains “a dream and a fixed destination” for the Viennese. Friuli Venezia Giulia is loved by Austria, “which has always something new to offer,” the banner of attractive events (Barcolana, Pordenonelegge and Mittelfest head), high-quality cultural offerings, wine and food like no other, as it is He was stressed by Ambassador Marrapodi, which increasingly can and should leverage the fascination of the territory. (Red)
