ROME. – Armenian Ambassador to Italy Ruben Karapetyan met with Italian Minister for Regional Affairs, Tourism and Sport Piero Gnudi on Tuesday to discuss the issues on deepening Armenian-Italian cooperation in the field of tourism.

The Ambassador told the Minister that the tourist visits have increased since 2009 after the direct air flights were set between the two states, Armenian MFA informs Armenian News-NEWS.am.

Italian tourists made over 18% of all foreigners visiting Armenia last year.

The sides also paid importance to bringing closer the decentralized cooperation of Armenian and Italian cities, stressing in particular the existing possibilities of developing cooperation in sports.