This year's Sanremo Music Festival, which starts Tuesday and will continue through February 13, has set a new record for the number of press accreditations, with 1,335 media representatives covering the 66th edition of the festival from its two press rooms, Italian State broadcaster RAI said on Monday.
At the Ariston Theatre, the festival venue, 573 journalists from 234 media outlets will be present, along with photographers and press agents from recording labels of competing artists, for a total of 593 people accredited.
At the "Lucio Dalla" press room in the nearby Palafiori conference centre, 742 accreditations have been issued for 312 radio, TV, and web outlets.
That press room will be in constant live contact with the official press room at the Ariston during press conferences.
Among the foreign correspondents, two new countries are covering the festival this year: a website from Denmark and a TV network from the Netherlands.
That brings the total of foreign correspondents to 79, from 42 different media outlets.
There are TV networks present from Croatia, Luxembourg, Romania, Russia, Switzerland and San Marino.
Radio will be present from Austria, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Ireland, Monaco, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Spain, the United States and Switzerland.
Print journalism and websites will be present from Canada, Denmark, England, Monaco, the US and Switzerland.
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