(ANSA) - GORIZIA, NOVEMBER 8 - The great cultural events make a significant contribution to the economic, occupational and cultural growth of the territories where they take place, being able to attract hundreds of thousands of tourists, supporting different economic sectors, favoring the growth of human resources and capturing the attention of national and international media. This is the reason for the Candidacy of Nova Gorica and Gorizia for European Capital of Culture 2025, presented today at Palazzo de Bassa in Gorizia, in a meeting organized by the VG Chamber of Commerce, involving the Municipalities of Gorizia, Nova Gorica, and the International Sociology Institute Gorizia (Isig). "We want to share with businesses and entrepreneurs the added value that a great cultural event - these are the words of the Chamber president, Antonio Paoletti - can bring in favor of the local economy." The meeting was attended by the mayors of Gorizia, Rodolfo Ziberna, and Nova Gorica, Klemen Miklavič, the regional councilor for Culture and Sport, Tiziana Gibelli, and the president of the Matera Foundation, Salvatore Adduce, numerous Italian and Slovenian companies, and the MEP Elena Lizzi. Guido Guerzoni, professor at the Bocconi University of Milan, has analyzed the economic and communication impacts of cultural capital. "They remain - he said - unique opportunities to strategically rethink the future of significant areas and make some places globally known, some cities that otherwise would not get the attention of traditional and new media." (ANSA).