In 2009, GDP returned to levels 10 years ago, employment fell by 3%, about 7 million people are at risk of poverty; this is the economic scenario that emerges from the 2010 Svimez Report on the economy of the South, presented in Rome in ...
As every year, even in 2010 the Italians' holidays are concentrated in the months of July and August, a period in which the local seaside resorts are the most sought after destination.
In July, the overall decline (about 35 euros) in average spending for the holiday of Italian tourists, is a reflection of the contraction of consumption in local destinations, even in the face of the decrease in average stay (from 6.5 ...
? An important result, which rewards the efforts of the government and of the entire tourism chain? Thus the Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Michela Vittoria Brambilla, comments on the surveys published yesterday by the Bank of Italy.
The May statistics on arrivals and spending of foreign tourists in Italy, published today by the Bank of Italy, confirm the growth trend of this sector, already started in the first quarter of 2010.
After the positive results of the first semester the initiative of the Holiday Vouchers starts again, an instrument created to extend access to tourism to the economically weaker social groups.
In the period April-June 2010 the occupancy of rooms achieved by Italian accommodation facilities remains on the values of last year, albeit with a slight tendency to growth.
Despite economic crises, natural disasters and alarms related to various pandemics, in the decade 2000-2009 the global tourist flows have experienced a continuous expansion.
Within the framework of the "sustainable tourism" preparatory action, the European Commission has published a call for tenders (ENT / TOU / 10/611) for the promotion of cycling in European Union countries. ...
Statistics on international tourism for the month of April, published today by the Bank of Italy, show a positive net balance of tourism balance of payments of 770 million euros, unchanged compared to the same month of ...
According to research conducted by the National Tourism Observatory on Unioncamere data, there are 9.9 million Italians who have made at least one holiday in June.
Italy is the European country that boasts the greatest number of beaches. There are almost 5,000 national bathing sites (35.8%) out of over 13,000 on the European continent. France is in second place, possessing about half (2. ...
In the second quarter of 2010, room occupancy in seaside resorts contracted in April and May (-4.5% and -1.4% respectively), to then return, albeit slightly, to June (+0, 3).
The award ceremony for the Eden project was held this morning at Villa Madama, attended by the Minister of Tourism Michela Vittoria Brambilla and by the European Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship Antonio Tajani
For the first time in 20 months, the group of experts consulted periodically by the UNWTO? World Tourism Organization has positively assessed the performance of the international tourism sector for the period just ...
The "Italian hospitality brand" was presented yesterday in Rome, as part of the XI meeting of the general secretaries of Italian chambers of commerce abroad. Italian restaurants in the world?
A greater and more structured collaboration between all the Member States, so that the European Union can develop its own tourism promotion policy, especially with respect to other markets, has been defined in a document ...
The first quarter of 2010 opened with a decline in the incidence of business customers compared to the same period of 2009: 17.7% of customers travel for work and congresses compared to 25.4%. ...
International air traffic has left behind the negative parenthesis of April, a month conditioned by the eruption of the Icelandic volcano, and returns to record positive values in May as in the first quarter of this year.
