FOOD BEST SYMBOLISES ITALY, POLL FINDS


(ANSA) - Rome, August 8 - More than its art and culture
it is Italy's food which best symbolises the country,
according to a vast majority of Italians.
A poll published Friday by the Coldiretti farmers' union
found that 63% of Italians thought that Italy was best
represented by its food, cuisine and wine, compared to 24%
who indicated art and culture and 8% who thought it was
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Food was also what 45% of foreign tourists remember most
about their visits to Italy, according to another poll from
the Pieopoli Institute.
The tourists who were most impressed by Italian cuisine
were the Swedes (70%) and Americans (58%), while the Chinese
and Russians appeared to be the least impressed by Italy's
culinary delights, which appealed to 31% and 28%
respectively.

IMHO it's a 50-50 tie between Italian food and Italian women :rolleyes:

Italy is a world leader in the culinary arts, interior design, fashion, graphic design, furniture design,
machine tool manufacturing, robotics, electromechanical machinery, shipbuilding, space engineering,
construction machinery, and transportation equipment.

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According to UNESCO (the cultural and educational agency of the United Nations),
over 60 percent of the world's art treasures are found in Italy.

Dio mio, incredible!!!

And still France and Spain get more tourists. Non capisco niente!!!

The World's Top Tourism Destinations
(international tourist arrivals)
2006
rank Country Arrivals (millions) Percent
change
2005/2004 Percent
change
2006/2005

1. France 75.9 79.1 1.0% 4.2% (Paris has lousy weather!)
2. Spain 55.9 58.5 6.6 4.5
3. United States 49.2 51.1 6.8 3.8
4. China 46.8 49.6 12.1 6.0
5. Italy 36.5 41.1 -1.5 12.4
6. United Kingdom 28.0 30.7 9.2 9.3
7. Germany 21.5 23.6 6.8 9.6
8. Mexico 21.9 21.4 6.3 -2.6
9. Austria 20.0 20.3 3.0 1.5
10. Russian Federation 19.9 20.2 0.2 1.3

Source: World Tourism Organization (WTO). Web: www.world-tourism.org .

IMHO it's a 50-50 tie between Italian food and Italian women :rolleyes:

You are wrong Sardo.. it's a 50/50 tie between Italian food and Italian MEN! :D

Well it's a 50/50 tie between Italian food and Italian people.
I'm sure strangers coming here are enchanted by our way of living and by how we communicate.

I'm sure strangers coming here are enchanted by our way of living and by how we communicate.
... and by the way Italian women (OK, and men too) look :p !

after having dinner wine in very essential for our health its help in digestion our food

Wine Club (http://www.wineclubdirectory.net)

It's ok Villa, less crowds for us!