(10 November, 2016) Tourism is one of the channels through which Umbria seeks to recuperate. Tourism in Umbria has launched one of the most important global event for professionals in the sector from World Travel Market in London with 50,000 participants from 182 countries and over 100,000 visitors. A showcase in which Umbria participated in collaboration with Sviluppumbria with a series of events which aimed to shed light on the causes of the recent earthquakes and has promoted on the British market two new “products”, some “walks” (along with the interregional project “In.Itinere”) and the “wedding” (along with the guide “Love me Umbria”). “Umbria wants to pick up from August 24, the day in which tourism halted and recalibrate to a 10% increase in tourist arrivals witnessed by a small tourism boom, double of the rest of the country” underlined the Vice Presiden of Umbria and Councillor for Tourism, Fabio Paparelli during the press conference for the inauguration of the Italy Pavilion at Enit also attended by the undersecretary for Tourism Dorina Bianchi, the Italian ambassador to the United Kingdom, Paquale Terracciano and the mayors of Turin and Milan, Chiara Appendino and Giuseppe Sala respectively. Ambassador Terracciano that a great event for the population of Umbria struck by the earthquake will take place on December 6 at the Italian Embassy in London. Colin Firth, who has long been tied to Umbria will also be attending. (Red)
