MiBACT returns MiBAC, Tourism merged with Agriculture and led by Centinaio

With a decree-law presented by Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry Policies Gian Marco Centinaio and Minister of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism Alberto Bonisoli, and approved on Monday, July 2, 2018 in the evening, the delegation of responsibility for Tourism shifts from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage to the Ministry ofAgriculture. MiBACT thus loses the “T” that was added to it during the Letta government and reverts to “MiBAC.” Tourism will therefore be the prerogative of the new Ministry of Agriculture and Tourism, and the delegation will be assumed by Minister Gian Marco Centinaio.

In addition to the transfer of delegations, the decree also provides for the change of names of the two ministries, the transfer of personnel as well as instrumental and financial resources so that the transfer can be said to be complete. The reason for the transfer, Centinaio explained in recent days to ANSA, is based on “two workhorses,” namely the fact that “foreigners come to Italy both for its historical, architectural, and natural beauty and for its food and wine.” The minister recalled that “in the electoral program written by 126 hands, that is, with the top managers of the various sectors of tourism, the first step concerns the organization of the political structure, the relationship between the ministry and the regions on the management of tourism, and the ministry and private individuals with whom we need to work in synergy; the second is to reshape the promotion of our country abroad.”

Centinaio then let it be known that he intends to set up a table with Regions and Enit in order to arrive at “the best promotion with the rationalization of costs and communication.” And again, among the minister’s goals is “the fight against hotel, guide and tourism agency squatting because we need to affirm professionalism.” Also planned are initiatives in concert with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and the Ministry of Transport. Among the first measures Centinaio wants to address is then “the establishment of a tourism academy, post diploma, for the training and specialization of hotel manager, tourist village hall, as there are in other countries.”

MiBACT returns MiBAC, Tourism merged with Agriculture and led by Centinaio

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