(ANSA) - ROME - The number of Italian visitors to Romania is growing. According to Romanian Tourist Board, the country has recorded more than 140,000 visitors from Italy in the first half of 2015. The first data regarding the summer season show an increase by over 5%, compared to the same period last year.

''These data are very important - the Board says -, on this basis, Italy's ranked second in the ranking of foreign markets that generate flows of tourists to Romania''. Among the main areas of interest: the medieval Transylvania, the painted monasteries in Bucovina, the region of Maramures and natural heritage. In 2015, '' a change in the behavior of the Italian tourism was recorded, with arrivals in spring, and in early and late summer''. According to official data, Romania is ranked among the top five European countries selected by the Italians for their winter holidays (ANSA).