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Italy Tourism Industy Prepared by Howard Misty * Contents General Information 1 Enviroment 2 Government Economy 3 Tourism 4 International Business Italian Tourism 5 * General Information Capital: Rome (and largest city) Offical Language:Italian Population:61,261,251 (July 2011 est.) Religions:Christian 80% (overwhelming Roman Catholic with very small groups of Jehova Witnesses and Protestants), Muslims NEGL (about 700,000 but growing), Atheists and Agnostics 20% Life expectancy at birth: 81.86 years * Enviroment Location:South-Central Europe, it borders France, Switzerland,Austria along the Alps Area:The territorycovers 301,340 sq km Climate: predominantly Mediterranean; Alpine in far north; hot, dry in south Natural resource:coal, mercury, zinc, potash, marble,natural gas and crude oil reserves, fish * Goverment President: Giorgio Napolitano Prime Minister: Mario Monti Legislature: Parliament Upper house Senate of the Republic Lower house Chamber of Deputies The President is elected for a single seven years mandate by the Parliament of Italy in joint session. * Economy Free Market with high per capita GDP and low unemployment rate(8.4%). 5-6% per year GDP growth in 1950s-1970s slow down to 1.23% average GDP growth last decade (1980s-1990s);0.4% for 2011 Italian public debt stood at 120.1% of GDP in 2010 (second biggest debt ratio after Greece 126.8%) Tourism Popular Destination History Geography attract tourists Statue of David Rome Vatican/Roman Catholicism * * Tourism Stats * Arrivals and Receipts by International Travel (millions of arrivals and billions of US dollars at current price) Source: Bank of Italy based on World Tourism Organization (arrivals) and World Trade Organization (expenses) * Tourism Stats Country Brand Index * Tourism Stats * International Business Italian Tourism Not typically known to the working businessman Meetings Conventions Unique Traditional Venues Milano Convention Center ? * Future of Italian Tourisn July 2