Category: Italy travel news
Italy Travel & Tourism News for visitors. Italy, a European country with a long Mediterranean coastline, has left a powerful mark on Western culture and cuisine. Its capital, Rome, is home to the Vatican as well as landmark art and ancient ruins. Other major cities include Florence, with Renaissance masterpieces such as Michelangelo’s "David" and Brunelleschi's Duomo; Venice, the city of canals; and Milan, Italy’s fashion capital.
Alitalia airline: Hypothesis of the sale
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- January 15, 2021Alitalia airline is being sold off bit by bit, one piece at a time. Steps being taken include what is ... Read More
COVID-19 in Italy: Fewer nurses than needed
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- January 12, 2021There seems to be enough vaccine to go around for now, but at the rate they are being administered, how ... Read More
Seychelles Tourism Board Italy participates in Travel Open Day Virtual
Linda Hohnholz, eTN editor- December 29, 2020From December 14-16, 2020, the Seychelles Tourism Board Italy participated to the first edition of the travel virtual fair Travel ... Read More
COVID Vaccine: Allergic Reaction Trigger
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 29, 2020According to a report by the Italian daily, Il Corriere della Sera, there are compounds present in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and ... Read More
Commemorating Rumi: UNESCO List of Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 19, 2020On the 747th anniversary of his death, the most important Sufi mystic and poet in the world, Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī, ... Read More
Rome Botticelle Says Goodbye
Mario Masciullo - Special to eTN- December 19, 2020The Rome Botticelle - the horse-drawn carriages which until a few decades ago were one of the most used means ... Read More
Born in Veneto: Coordination Table of UNESCO Sites
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 19, 2020The Veneto Region is responsible for governing a territory that today boasts 8 World Heritage sites. It has long been ... Read More
Is Italy Heading for a Third Lockdown?
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 16, 2020Italy's latent risk of entering the third phase of the COVID-19 pandemic is reminiscent of a disoriented flock being misled ... Read More
Using the Pandemic for Musical Inspiration
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 12, 2020The COVID-19 pandemic became a source of inspiration for Maestro Roberto De Simone, a great Neapolitan musical composer, writer, and ... Read More
Skål Special Awards 2020 Honors Antonio Percario
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 12, 2020During the Annual General Assembly of Skål International, held virtually for the first time in its history, the organization presented ... Read More
Italy Tourism Trade Associations Outraged with Government Recovery Plan
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 12, 2020The government contribution to the tourism sector outrages the Italy tourism trade associations following the recent approval of the draft ... Read More
Italy Prime Minister Presents New Holiday Restrictions
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- December 5, 2020After exhausting talks with Presidents of the Italian regions and various political parties in order to reach a consensus to ... Read More
Italian Tourist Board goes to the heart of international MICE market
Harry S. Johnson- December 4, 2020The Italian Tourist Board (Enit) announces an exclusive year-long partnership with IBTM Events which includes: IBTM World Virtual 2020; IBTM ... Read More
101-year-old Italian woman survived Spanish Flu, WWII, and COVID-19…three times
Harry S. Johnson- November 30, 2020101-year-old Italian grandma, who lived through the Spanish Flu and WWII, has tested positive for coronavirus and survived three times ... Read More
Delta to launch first quarantine-free, COVID-free travel to Europe
Harry S. Johnson- November 26, 2020Delta Air Lines, the Aeroporti di Roma and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport have joined in a first-of-its-kind trans-Atlantic COVID-19 testing ... Read More
Italy Minister: Many Italians Will No Longer Be Here Next Christmas
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 25, 2020“Many Italians will no longer be next Christmas. Discussing dinners and parties with 600-700 deaths a day is really out ... Read More
US, Holland and Italy United for LGBT Green Mural
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 21, 2020The first green mural paying homage to the LGBT+ movement was inaugurated in Rome on a large wall courtesy of ... Read More
Venice postpones new tourist levy till 2022 over COVID-19 crisis
Harry S. Johnson- November 21, 2020Venice city authorities announced that the city would postpone the launch of a new tourist levy as it tries to ... Read More
COVID-19 and Italy: What Should Have Been Done
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 19, 2020In-depth investigations conducted by the “Noi denounce” Committee on the structural-organizational inadequacies of the Italian government in managing the first ... Read More
Volcano explodes in Italy
Juergen T Steinmetz- November 17, 2020A stronger-than-usual explosion was captured on cameras operated by the Istituto Nazionale Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). Imagery shared by Il Mondo ... Read More
The 2025 Jubilee in Rome Tolls Amid COVID-19
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 14, 2020The first tolls of the 2025 Jubilee in Rome were heard as the city is in a full COVID-19 emergency. ... Read More
Yes to Italian Sex Shops But No to Travel Agencies?
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 12, 2020FIAVET (Federazione Italiana Associazioni Imprese Viaggi E Turismo), the Italian Federation of Travel and Tourism Associations, sent out an alarming ... Read More
Archaeological Tourism: UNESCO Site Hosts Mediterranean Exchange
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 11, 2020The 23rd edition of the Mediterranean Exchange of Archaeological Tourism will be held inside the ancient city of Paestum (Salerno, ... Read More
Italian Civil Aviation Authority reminds airlines to respect passengers’ rights
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 11, 2020Following the enactment of the latest Decree on COVID-19 (dpcm) on November 3, ENAC (Italian Civil Aviation Authority) called on ... Read More
Italian Tourism: Christmas holidays frozen
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 10, 2020Italian Tourism sector's budget is in the "red". Italy lost 49.5 million new arrivals and 153.5 million night stays in 5 ... Read More
New cultural commitments enrich the beautiful land of Sicily
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 10, 2020The Selinunte Archaeological Park reopens just one month after the fire that devastated the Mediterranean scrub and the trees of ... Read More
Italy bans Christmas markets over COVID-19 fears
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 10, 2020Among the new rules in the latest Italian Government Decree of November 3, 2020, the one that divided Italy into red, ... Read More
Italian Railway Financial Crisis Caused by New COVID-19 Wave
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 10, 2020Trenitalia will reduce the Frecciarossa frequencies in 28 Italian railway destinations because of the latest restrictions introduced by the most-recent ... Read More
China Bans Italians from Entry
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 10, 2020Due to the current spread of COVID-19 in Italy, China bans Italians temporarily from entry for citizens residing in Italy ... Read More
Second Italy COVID-19 Wave Divides Country into Zones
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- November 5, 2020A new Prime Ministerial Decree (DPCM) was signed by Italy Prime Minister G. Conte due to the second Italy COVID-19 ... Read More
With 30K new COVID-19 cases in one day Italy announces new lockdown
Harry S. Johnson- November 4, 2020Over 30,000 new cases of COVID-19 infection have been confirmed in Italy in the past 24 hours, which is 2,000 ... Read More
Total lockdown: Italy is approaching “Scenario 4”
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- October 31, 2020Italy is increasingly marred by social uprisings in some Italian cities, in which groups of terrorists, extremists and COVID-19 deniers ... Read More
Costa Cruises completes Italy’s first LNG cruise ship bunkering operation
Harry S. Johnson- October 27, 2020Costa Cruises, a major European cruise line and a part of Carnival Corporation & plc, today announced another milestone for Costa Smeralda, the line's ... Read More
Milan Bergamo Airport maintains 2030 development masterplan
Harry S. Johnson- October 26, 2020Milan Bergamo Airport continues to maintain its infrastructure development masterplan with the recent unveiling of the Italian gateway’s new extra-Schengen ... Read More
2021 UCI MTB Marathon World Championships Announced
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- October 24, 2020The next appointment for the most important mountain bike race in the world to be held at Elba Island in ... Read More
Journey of Prem Rawat: Champion of World Peace
Mario Masciullo - eTN Italy- October 24, 2020The Senate of the Republic of Italy hosted Prem Rawat for the fourth time at a conference organized by Senator ... Read More
