16 November 2016, 16:00 GMT
ROME (Sputnik) — Russian Deputy Culture Minister Alla Manilova and Sergei Korneev, the deputy head of Russia's tourism agency Rostourism, took part in the opening ceremony.
Italy is the first European country where two offices of Visit Russia have been opened.
Since opening of the first office in Rome a year ago, the flow of Italian tourists to Russia increased by 10 percent in the first nine months of 2016, Francesco Moneta, partner of Visit Russia agency in Milan, told RIA Novosti.
