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ROME (Reuters) - Allies of new Prime Minister Mario Draghi criticised on Monday one of his government’s first moves - a decision to unexpectedly extend a shutdown of Italy’s ski resorts just hours before the slopes had been due to re-open.
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After a months-long closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, Italian ski operators were poised to re-start their ski lifts on Monday, only to see their hopes dashed on Sunday evening when the health ministry said it would maintain the lockdown.
Health experts said the decision was necessary because of the growing spread of the more contagious British variant of the virus. Tour operators and some of the biggest parties in Draghi’s new unity government complained that the announcement had come far too late.
Lombardy and is enclosed by the spurs of the
Orobie Prealps to the west and the
Adamello mountains to the east. Stretching 90 kilometres, it is one of the most extensive areas of the central Alps and features a great diversity of climates and nature. It stretches from
Lake Iseo to the major ski centres of
Ponte di Legno and
Bienno, Iseo and Pisogne. Plus there are numerous rock drawing parks, recognised as
UNESCO World Heritage Sites, that testify to the ancient
Camuni that once inhabited this area.
Val Trompia (or
Valle dell Oro for its historic presence of iron deposits) is a wonderful valley approximately 50km long on the border with