Spain arrive in Naples: at the start four days of tourism promotion

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Spain arrives in Naples and stops in the heart of the city. On the hill of Vomero, in via Scarlatti, main shopping district, April 23 to 26 will be placed information points “Turespaña” in addition to create performances of dancing, singing and wine tasting Spanish. The Cervantes Institute will host cultural events of the exhibition, meetings of music and poetry, photography exhibitions and film screenings. “Spain in Naples“, an event aimed at promoting tourism in the Iberian Peninsula, is organized by the Spanish Office of Tourism in Italy and sponsored by the City of Naples. In four days will be guaranteed exchange and cultural contamination that will see as protagonists six institutions: Catalonia, Valencia, Valencia, Andalusia, Madrid and Gran Canaria. The traveling show, before landing in the capital of Campania hit, in recent years, Milan, Rome, Florence, Bologna and Bari with a great success.

“It was natural for us to focus on this city – said Carlos Hernandez, director of the Spanish Office of Tourism and Tourism Counsellor of the Embassy of Spain in Italy – The cultural identity, history, the verve, the joy of live: are all characteristics that unite us. ” According to data compiled by Turespaña the Iberian Peninsula is the third most visited country in the world and second in Europe. Only in 2014 Spain has managed to attract a flow of 65 million visitors and total expenditure of tourists recorded an increase of 6.5% compared to 2013. Italy came in fourth place for number of visitors, after UK, France and Germany. Although they are still regions of northern Italy to concentrate the largest share of tourists departing for Spain, Naples is one of the cities that provide a large number of visitors.