Franceschini at ANSA Viaggiart event

(ANSA) - Rome, November 16 - Culture and Tourism Minister Dario Franceschini was among the guests who took part in an Rome event organised by ANSA at which the agency's new ANSA Viaggiart (art travels) portal was presented.
    "International tourism is gearing for wild growth and it is fundamentally important to tackle the infrastructure challenge to intercept this," Franceschini told the event at Rome's Istituto Centrale per la Grafica (Central Institute for Graphics). He said that high-speed train connections, which currently stop in Salerno in the south, should go as far as the Sicilian capital Palermo.
    Franceschini also thanked ANSA for "initiatives like Viaggiart". "We need to combine new technologies with our skills and our need to manage tourism growth," he added.