Ciaccia: "the crocieristica is a field between lights and shadows in participation crisis"



"The crocieristica is a field between lights and shadows in participation crisis", where the shadows are represented by the lack of a system vision that penalizes a section to the service of tourism of the Country. The vice minister of Infrastructures and the Transports has said today to Rome, Mario Ciaccia, in the course of the convention "the importance of the cruises in the field of the transport and organized tourism" from the chair by right of navigation of the University of Roma Tor Vergata and from the "Magazine of the Right of Navigation".

Answering to university professor Elda Turco Bulgherini, promotrice of the convention, that marine part has turned an appeal to the political forces for a urgent reform of the Navigation code -, so as already it is made for the aerial part, in order to adapt to the changed it truth of the times and to the requirement of more flexible, less bureaucratic procedures and more supporters with the communitarian and international norms above all regarding the transport of passengers, the vice minister has confirmed that he is trying himself to start the reform of the Navigation code for the marine part.

From part its Cesare Cursi, president of the tenth permanent Commission - Industria, Commerce, Tourism of the Senate, has remembered that the Parliament follows with attention the section of the cruises, in the belief that, also in very difficult moments as that current one, a field so important must be supported for the important role that carries out in terms of occupation.

In remembering the importance of the field cruises for the Italian economy, than with 4,5 billion euros ago of Italy the first European Country in terms of generated direct contribution from the field (alone absorbs 30% of the total), than Italy part from the Italian ports for a total of 1,9 million passengers is on top of the choices of the crocieristi (a passenger on three), than of the ten it put up crocieristi ports of Mediterranean very five are Italian (Civitavecchia, Venice, Naples, Livorno and Savona), Manfredi Lefebvre d' Ovid, president of the European Cruise Council (ETC) has emphasized the one necessity more and more intense dialogue between the field and the institutions in environmental matters and of safety, so as the requirement of a cooperation in harbour topic of politics. "More and more characterized presence of ETC in Italy - it has evidenced - the availability of the operators emphasizes to collaborate with the institutions for all the thematic ones that regard sea, ports and tourism".

Vice-president vicar of Assoporti, Pasqualino Monti, has found that the key for the future is in connubio inseparable between the historical beauties and wealth, archaeological and landscaped of Italy, "that they represent the main attractive factor and of success for the crocieristico field in Italy, and the ability to our ports to transfer to the cities and the territories tourists and wealth". The challenge is in the ability to realize adapted structures of acceptance, efficient connections, to offer to various opportunities to the tourists and occasions of diversified increase. Monti has been said much satisfying that from the port of Civitavecchia tourists with coach and trains arrive per year to Rome 1,6 million, but has specified that it he will be still more "when we construct the new commercial port to Fiumicino from where we will make to go back Tiber until the Capital. The objective is therefore also that to create new routes in order to value unknown treasures in order to grow connubio between tourism and the economy of the sea being contributed to put again in motion the system Country".

In the course of the first part of the convention they are taken part, moreover, Renato Lauro, chancellor of the University of the Studies of Rome "Tor Vergata", rear admiral Cristiano Aliperta, Italian head Rappresentanza near the IMO, Paolo d' Amico, president of Confitarma, Corrado Antonini, president of Fincantieri, the admiral inspector head Pierluigi Cacioppo, general commander of the Body of the Harbour offices - Guard Costiera, Roberto Cazzulo, chief operating officer of the RINA. In the second part of the day, presided by Mauro Casanova, honorary president of the Italian Association by right of Navigation and the Transports, coming full professors by right of navigation from main the University have alternated themselves Italian in order to analyze numerous aspects connected with the world of the cruises to light of the norms in vigor. Giorgia Boi, of Genoa, has spoken about ISM Tails, Michele Comenale Pinto, of Sassari, of environmental damages, Umberto La Torre, of Catanzaro, of the role of the commander and the crew, Francesca Pellegrino, of Messina, of marine safety, Stefano Pollastrelli, of Macerata, of the tourist packages and cruises, Stefano Zunareli, of Bologna, of the figure of the shipowner.