Emanuele Attanasio is the Italian National Tourist Board Manager for Australia and New Zealand. He was born in Milan and grew up in the Tuscan town of Lucca. He has been living in Australia for over 25 years. Emanuele’s 16 years of experience at the National Tourist Board has not only allowed him to organise numerous initiatives for the promotion of Italy in both Australia & New Zealand, but has also had the opportunity to promote Italy abroad. In 2017 at the Vietnam Travel Expo together with the Italian Undersecretary of State and more recently in 2019 with his American colleagues in New York for the Virtuoso Italian Luxury event.