The Strait of Messina Tourism Meeting in Reggio Calabria

They have arrived at Reggio Calabria the 22 tourist buyers Italians and internationals, who are participating in the Meet 2024The Strait tourism meetingpromoted by the Metropolitan Cities and Municipalities of Reggio Calabria And Messina. After the first three days on the Messina side from today until Saturday 29 June, it will be up to the Reggio area to have the best of its cultural, artistic and food and wine beauties evaluated.

The welcome to buyers, also coming from Norway, Finland, Brazil, United States of America, Germany, Romania, Slovenia And Hungary, took place at National archeologic museum, home of the Riace Bronzes and other treasures of Calabrian Magna Graecia. Present for the occasion were the Metropolitan and Municipal Mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Falcomatàthe municipal councilor with responsibility for Tourism, Giovanni Latellathe Tourism Councilor of the Municipality of Messina, Enzo Caruso and the director of MarRc, Fabrizio Sudano. The event in general also makes use of the collaboration of Medfort, with the vice president present Veronica Calverithe Straits Port Authority and Ryanair.

For the director of Marrc Fabrizio Sudano “It’s a nice initiative, it was certainly something that was desirable perhaps for some time already. We are extremely pleased that it comes now, in this period, in which the Ryanair routes have brought more tourists to Reggio Calabria and in general also to Messina, that the cruises that arrive in Messina can also have an outlet on Reggio, also thinking about the MarRc. . There is a whole museum to discover starting from the marvelous Riace Bronzes, which many still don’t know internationally, moving on to the other splendid collections, to other spaces such as the terrace itself”.

For the councilor Giovanni Latella who followed the project very closely “This is a historic moment, it is the first time that we can make the Strait speak with a single voice, in this case on tourism, trying to enhance our beauties both on the Tyrrhenian side, and on the Ionian side, but also on the mountains”.

“We wanted to give the best welcome, inside the MarRc, to the tour operators who will be present in our metropolitan area from today until Saturday”. So the mayor metropolitan of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Falcomatàadding: “These are days that follow that beautiful initiative last Sunday in Messina. Precisely for this reason, I would like to thank the Mayor Federico Basile, the councilor Caruso. For today also our director of Marrc Fabrizio Sudano, councilor Latella, the president of Sviprore Michele Rizzo”.

“We often talk about the Strait Integrated Area – the mayor said again – there is talk of a need for concrete synergy and exchanges of good practices between the two sides of the Strait. I believe that not only is the moment as propitious as ever, but I believe that this is a season of institutional dialogue that is already concretely bearing fruit. Because the institutions in the people I mentioned have really achieved this objective in a very short time, with the hard-working involvement of those who are concretely working to make our wonderful realities known to all those who have an interest in investing in our territory”.

“Buyers will do – he highlighted – of the tours planned first in the city and then in the main areas of the metropolitan area, in the full belief that we should make the most of this time frame also guaranteed by the arrivals at our airport, with the commitment of Ryanair and the Calabria Region, which are bringing many visitors, tourists and of course investors who – concluded Falcomatà – have the opportunity to learn more about our reality”.

Councilor Caruso he emphasized “on the need to promote the Strait Area with all its peculiarities, its villages, its natural, artistic and architectural beauties, to include Messina and Reggio Calabria, with their territories, in the international circuit of tourist destinations“.