Farnesina: Tripodi meets the representatives of the Tuscan and Ligurian municipalities awarded the "Turismo delle Radici" tender.

The Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Mary Tripodi he met a Tresana, in the province of Massa Carrara, a delegation of mayors and administrators of the Tuscan and Ligurian municipalities assignees of MAECI call for the realization of cultural activities in favor of Italian descendants in the world.

The project to support small Italian villages, strongly desired by the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Antonio Tajani, was developed within the framework of the Program “Roots Tourism”, on the occasion of the celebrations of "2024 - Year of Italian roots in the world" and financed thanks to funds provided by the PNRR.

It involves more than 800 municipalities with less than 6.000 inhabitants and is aimed at developing and setting up cultural initiatives and events that enhance connections with communities abroad. 

Today's meeting, coordinated by Antonio Corsi, national contact person for the project, is part of a cycle of meetings that will see the Farnesina involved on the national territory, in synergy with the administrators of the local entities involved.

It was an opportunity to discuss the many initiatives currently being developed or implemented within the framework of the “Turismo delle Radici” project.

«The ambition of the project – declared the Undersecretary Tripodi - is to encourage employment and economic development in internal areas that are generally on the margins of the country's productive and commercial activity. Through the valorisation of the historical and cultural heritage of small villages, the project is a precious driving force for the Italian tourism sector and is aimed in particular at the approximately 80 million Italians and Italian-descendants in the world, who will thus have the opportunity to visit the places from which their ancestors left."