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2nd India-Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism Concludes
The 2nd India-Italy Joint Working Group (JWG) on Tourism is held and agrees to strengthen bilateral cooperation in tourism. The meeting concludes, keeping India-Italy tourism cooperation in focus.
Italy Tourism:
| Dimension | Key Details |
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| Italy: Location | Italy is located in South-central Europe on the Apennine Peninsula. |
| Italy: Bordering countries | Italy shares its border with Switzerland and Austria in the north, Slovenia in the northeast, and France in the northwest. |
| Italy: Enclaved sovereign states | Vatican City and San Marino are the two enclaved sovereign states within Italy. |
| Italy: Maritime boundaries | Italy is bordered by the Adriatic Sea in the east; the Sea of Sicily in the south; the Ionian Sea in the southeast; the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea in the southwest. |
| Italy: Capital | Rome is the capital city of Italy. |
| Italy: Climate | The coastal region of Italy has a typical Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot and mostly dry summers. |
| Italy: Topography | Italy is mostly rugged and mountainous and has some plains and coastal lowlands. |
| Italy: Mountain systems | The Apennine Mountains run along the length of the peninsula as a separate system, and the Alps run along Italy’s northern border. |
| Italy: Major rivers | Major rivers comprise Po, which is Italy’s longest river, and Adige. |
| Italy: Highest point | Mont Blanc is the highest point of Italy. |
| Italy: Volcanic features | Italy is volcanic in origin, and active volcanoes comprise Sicily’s Mt. Etna and Stromboli in the Aeolian Islands. |
| Italy: Natural resources | Natural resources comprise coal, antimony, mercury, zinc, potash, barite, asbestos, pumice, fluorspar, feldspar, pyrite (sulfur), and natural gas and crude oil reserves. |