ROME – Over the Easter weekend there will be at least 14 million tourists and daytrippers traveling around Italy. There will be around seven million actual tourists with an average of two overnight stays per capita. With over two and a half million foreigners. For a total turnover of three and a half billion. Cities and villages of art, coastal and lakeside resorts, spas will act as a magnet during the weekend between March and April.
The estimates are for better results than 2019, the last year before Covid, and more or less in line with last year. This was predicted by a survey conducted by CNA Turismo e Commercio among members of the Confederation throughout Italy. The increase in prices, especially of transport, pushes us to prefer shorter journeys for excursions by day-trippers and trips by tourists, i.e. those who spend at least one night in hotel or non-hotel facilities.
The trend is quite homogeneous throughout our country even if the less than positive weather forecasts for the Alpine arc do not seem to make the results for the high mountains uniform after an already less than exciting winter season. Conversely, an acceleration is estimated for the seaside resorts of central-southern Italy with peaks in the areas favored by high-end tourism (Amalfi coast, Tuscany, Puglia, Sardinia, Sicily) where a high influx of foreign holidaymakers is expected. Generally the coasts and lakes popular with day-trippers and tourists are good. Boom for the cities of art, with Rome, Florence, Naples, Venice, Milan, Genoa, Turin, Verona, Bari, Palermo, Pesaro, Matera, Bologna, Ravenna and many others destined to be stormed also due to the numerous historical-artistic exhibitions open.
From Tuscany to Emilia-Romagna, from Lazio to Campania, from north to south, notable success is also expected for the villages, authentic treasure chests of beauty and treasures such as, just to name a few, San Gimignano and Città della Pieve, Pienza and Tivoli , Bressanone and Venosa, Otranto and Agnone. An attraction (absit iniuria verbis) for believers and non-believers that often deserves a trip is the religious liturgies of Holy Week and Easter. In every region of Italy, even in the less traveled areas, the strong points will be the food and wine specialties and artisanal products as well as the experiential activities, i.e. those where you literally get your hands dirty discovering or rediscovering the value of artisan craftsmanship.
