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 resorts and 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 CnaTurismo e Commercio among the members of the Confederation of all Italy which ANSA published in preview.
The increase in prices, especially in transport, is pushing people 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 the centre-south 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 good coastlines and lakes popular with day-trippers and tourists. 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 taken by storm also due to the numerous historical exhibitions -artistic 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. The religious liturgies of Holy Week and Easter are widely followed, sought after in every region of Italy, even in the less traveled areas, food and wine specialities, artisan products and experiential activities.
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