The political and social uncertainty that hit North Africa and the Middle East in these early months of 2011 has interrupted the flow of tourists to many destinations in the area.
The advance of China among the major world destinations continues. According to the data contained in the last UNWTO Barometer, in 2010, the Asian country recorded 55.7 million international arrivals, 9.4% more than in 2009.
232 million euros against 127 in the same month of the previous year: the net balance of the tourist balance of payments gained 83% in December last year.
Great attention was also paid to tourism in the Rome Capitale Strategic Development Plan, presented to the States General of the City on 22 and 23 February at the Palazzo dei Congressi in Eur.
Arrivals at + 8.7% and stays at + 6.5% compared to the same period of the previous year: this is the tourist picture, developed by Istat, on the hotel movement for the past Christmas holidays.
Despite the good performance recorded during the Christmas period, Italian hoteliers expressed stationary forecasts regarding the first quarter of this year.
Italian airports close 2010 with a commercial traffic of 139.6 million passengers handled during the year, 3.7 million more than in the previous record of 2007.
An October still in negative (-3.2%), which was affected by the influence of a loss-making summer season, was followed, in terms of rooms sold, by a substantial increase in the last two months of the year that marked, respectively , + 3.7% and ...
