(ANSA) - TRIESTE - The number of arrivals of Austrian tourists in Friuli Venezia Giulia recorded a 5.6% growth in 2015 over the previous year, totalling almost 398,000 visitors who chose a seaside holiday on the Adriatic coast, on the beaches, or a stay in Trieste and other cities, and on the hills in search of the excellence of agricultural food production. In the general context of German-speaking tourism, Austria remains a strategic objective for the regional Administration and its operational arm PromoTurismo FVG, who presented today to journalists and tour operators at the MuseumsQuartier in Vienna the special edition of the regional culture magazine ''Tiere furlane'': over 150 pages written entirely in German, written by Austrian journalists.

Vice President of the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region and Tourism Councillor Sergio Bolzonello announced the possibility, in the autumn, of holding an economic forum in Vienna in order to explain to Austria's financial system, industry and high-quality manufacturers all the opportunities the port of Trieste is able to offer to its historical hinterland, thanks to the phase of expansion the commercial harbour is experiecing and new investments made to develop the ''Porto Vecchio''. (ANSA).