ROME– The Italian Beaches Union have reported a sharp decrease in tourism over the last two months.

 ROME – New security barriers to be fitted in Termini station will only enable ticket holders to access train platforms, said Mayor Ignazio Marino on Wednesday.

TEGGIANO- Beautiful enough to be a painting, as tourist boards in the region make an effort to promote travel to the Vallo di Diano, the sleepy valley is starting to awaken with new found energy.

 ROME-The Costa Concordia, wrecked in January 2012 in a collision killing 32 people, finally left the Tuscan island of Giglio Wednesday and was being towed to Genoa to be torn apart for scrap.

 GIGLIO ISLAND-Officials were due to make a decision late Monday evening as to whether or not the wreck of the Costa Concordia will be towed away on Tuesday.

ROME – In a freak accident, a pipe plunged through the roof of a tunnel in the Roman metropolian onto a train Tuesday, knocking out Line A between Termini and Battistini.

CASTEL ROMANO- Italy’s first cinematic theme park, CineCitta’ World, opens this month with Academy Award winners Dante Ferretti and Ennio Morricone insisting it is not another Disneyland.

 POZZALLO – Police have arrested two more smugglers who piloted the so-called “death boat” of Pozzallo, in which 45 immigrants perished this week, police sources said.

ROME-Emirates Airlines’ customers flying from Milan to New York will now be able to travel with Italian Frecce high-speed trains for free.

AGNONE–This town owed its medieval fortune to a bitter power struggle in Venice, which drove a losing faction to seek refuge in the mountains of what is today Molise.

ROME-After an absence of three years, Regione Lazio has returned to the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai to showcase its offerings to the Gulf area market.

ROME-BIT, the Milan International Tourism Exchange gets a new all-in-one concept.

LAKE GARDA- The fifth Col. Darby 40 Mile Ranger Challenge- an annual trek from Peschiera del Garda to Torbole, was led by retired Ranger Rick Tscherne in memory of Darby,  the Rangers founder.

 ORTONA - A wine producing zone with a long history has just launched two new DOC wines in this Adriatic port town -A letter of Pope Gregory in 594 is the first mention of the wine of Ortona which,

ROME-An astonishing 382 out of 552 websites checked in 2013 did not respect European consumer law, according to the results of a concerted action co-ordinated by the European Commission.

 ROME-From the vestiges of a suburban wine and oil shop, this fine establishment is a mishmash of modern creativity developed from an old Italian concept.

ROME-Awaiting U.S. President Obama's arrival in the Eternal City this Thursday, Unioncamere Toscana calculates the value generated by Americans in Italy.

ROME – Police charged a Sudanese man Friday with practising an act of “autoeroticism” while travelling on a flight from Doha to Rome, police said.

BERLIN--Apulia's delegate for Tourism Silvia Godelli announced that "for the second consecutive year, the stand of Apulia was honored at ITB Berlin as the 3rd best exhibitor in the category Europe

ROME– The “Treno Verde 2014” campaign to increase eco-sustainability sponsored by Lega Ambiente and Gruppo Ferrovie dello Stato has been launched at a press conference in Termini Station.

ALATRI --The origins of some cities are unknown, others are described in myth and legend, and others still arouse our curiosity because, to present, nobody can explain how they were established.

NAPLES, FLORIDA-"The only really effective apologia for Christianity comes down to two arguments ... the saints the Church has produced and the art which has grown in her womb." -