This is CBS I In The World. I'm John Batchett, Georgia Maloney, the extremely effective

and vivid Prime Minister of Italy, vacationing in Puglia in the Italian shore, and then

takes the ferry to Albania to help me understand this why the Prime Minister would cross the

Adriatic to Albania. I welcome my friend and colleague Lorenzo Fiori of the Anzalva

Foundation. He's in Milan, but we're observing Italians at play, Italians at rest, vacation

time, and the sudden attraction of Albania. Lorenzo, a very good evening to you. Puglia

is expensive, Italy is expensive, but it's filled with tourists and isn't it wonderful

to celebrate the tourist back after those years of pandemic? Why did the Prime Minister

cross in the ferry to Albania? What is Albania meaning? What does it mean to Italians?

Good evening to you. Good evening, John, and good evening to all the radio listeners.

Well, I'm right now in that window, not in Milan, simply because it's fresher. Milan

is still very, very, very hot, 104 Fahrenheit at the temperature right now, while in

general is much pleasant. Well, apart that, Georgia Maloney is a curious lady, and she was

on holiday in Puglia, and Puglia is so close to Albania, and she decided to move with

the ferry at Albania. That is today, this year, in the summer season, 2023, one of the

most targeted places for the Italians to spend their holidays on the seaside, simply

because Albania is much cheaper than Italy. But this is the result, unfortunately, of the

time that we are leaving. You know, the increase of the cost because of the Ukrainian

Russian consulate, so how the cost of tourism in Italy has been increased by 20% compared

to last year, and the inflection rate that has eroded the power of spying. But Georgia,

when they are also to meet with the prime minister of Albania, because the relationship

between the two countries are very tight ever since, I can tell you that all the Albanians

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