Statement by GIOVANNA MARTANO
Councillor for Tourism, Artisanship and Commerce - Provincia di Napoli

The White Night, as the success gained with the last edition shows, represents a great occasion for citizens to meet each other, to rediscover our city’s places and talents.
In the first White Night, there were 2 millions people attending the event, and this occasion goes over national borders, and offers, to Italian and foreign tourists, a great moment to know our city in an enthusiastic, secure and funny environment.
Also this year, Provincia di Napoli joined with a great effort the organization of the September 30th event, a symbolic conclusion of the summer season, in which Provincia di Napoli has been the main protagonist in the realization of big shows and cultural events, for both Neapolitans and tourists, above all the free concerts in Arena Flegrea and several festivals belonging to Circuito Jazz. A mix of events that involved the entire province, allowing to offer all the visitors in our land an entertainment proposition both rich and qualitative, as requested by sector operators since many years.
The White Night is an important promotion tool for our land and our economic development, as the positive balance of last year’s edition shows. An important possibility or the commerce sector, and , more in general, the entire third sector.
This year’s theme is Mediterranean, a sea full of culture; a choice that confirms the will of Naples to propose itself as a meeting point among different cultures, a connecting point between Europe, North Africa and Middle East.
In the squares and streets of our city, with all the townships involved, artists coming from different Mediterranean countries will exhibit, a mutual tolerance and respect signal, in an historical period in which Mediterranean is the main stage of conflicts and divisions.

Giovanna Martano