(ANSA) - BUDAPEST - ''Friuli Venezia Giulia looks with great interest to Hungary's tourism market. The tourists from Hungary notched up the highest growth rate in attendance in 2015 and we set ourselves the goal of becoming in the short term more and more attractive for visitors from central and Eastern Europe'', stated Marco Tullio Petrangelo, general manager of PromoTurismoFVG, in a meeting at the Italian Cultural Institute in Budapest, during which the FVG Region has shown itself to local institutions, tour operators and restaurant owners with a delegation of food and wine companies. The initiative was organized by the cultural association ''Mitteleuropa'' in collaboration with PromoTurismoFVG and the Italian Embassy in Budapest. The event ''Friuli Venezia Giulia, a microcosm of emotions'' involved some renowned names in the regional gastronomy. (ANSA).