Mayor Manfredi at the Coca-Cola Pizza Village: “It is an important event, the driving force of the new Naples”
Naples – “Pizza Village is an iconic event of the city, exported to many parts of Italy and the world and which attracts more and more people. It is an important event, the driving force of the new Naples. Its international dimension is an indicator of success and also of how Naples is now increasingly a global brand and with it pizza. It is therefore a great satisfaction for the organizers and a great satisfaction for our city.” These are the words of the Mayor of Naples, Gaetano Manfredi, who inaugurated the Coca-Cola Pizza Village yesterday.
No ribbon cutting, but a walk with at his side the Councilor for Tourism, Teresa Armato, the organizers of the event, Claudio Sebillo and Alessandro Marinacci and the leaders of Mostra d’Oltremare, home of the event, Remo Minopoli and Maria Caputo. Thus the Mayor, extremely satisfied with the international attention that the city of Naples enjoys, wanted to celebrate the opening of the event which will remain open until June 23rd. “Naples has become an international tourist destination of great importance: we are now the only Italian city to have more foreign tourists than Italians. This enormous growth testifies to the quality of the message that the city sends and this initiative is a full part of it.”
Claudio Sebillo, CEO of Oramata Grandi Eventi which organizes the event, responds enthusiastically to the Mayor’s beautiful words: “We have valorised our heritage, Naples is a city recognized throughout the world and we have a dish, pizza, which is an icon of our tradition and gastronomy: we put them together for a great party, the Pizza Village, which contains and enhances both elements. However, it remains an event that retains a popular matrix accessible to all, as in the philosophy of the space that hosts it, the Mostra d’Oltremare, which the administration leaves open to the city”.
These are the numbers from the Ministry of Tourism that certify the success of Naples and the regional territory, placing Campania in first place in terms of tourist interest among the regions of the South and second in Italy, for growth with a + 13.1% compared to 2022, behind Veneto.
Data that will be presented on Wednesday 19th (3.30 pm) at the conference in the presence of Minister Daniela Santanchè and Manfredi himself: “The enormous tourist growth in Campania comes thanks to the quality of the offer and the professionalism of the operators, and the work of promoting the city that we have fielded. It is a unique opportunity and we must govern this process, increasingly improving the offer for a tourism policy which, starting from Naples and throughout the region, aims to grow the economy – continued Gaetano Manfredi -, but also the value of the product we offer and the value of the city. I am very confident, the numbers are truly incredible and we also have a significant improvement in the quality of tourists coming to Naples. It can be said that we made a pact with Naples and now Naples is making a pact with the world. The whole world talks about Naples and we will be up to this great challenge.”
