Alarm Federalberghi, chronic stagnation – ANSA.it

Alarm Federalberghi, chronic stagnation – ANSA.it

(Michael Cassano)

(Reuters) – The economic crisis have been added to the vagaries of weather and the results are alarming: for the first time since there are statistics for the months highlight the Italian tourism, July and August, recorded a negative balance from the previous year. To detect it is the economic survey of Federalberghi that stigmatizes the collapse of domestic demand, not offset by foreign visitors, and calls on the Government to take immediate action with “unconventional measures”, including cutting the tax burden and the cost of work.

The data, in the words of the President of the Federation, Bernabo Bocca, are “woefully bad.” The balance of nights from June to August it is equal to 0% (compared to the same period of 2013) and for the first time in the history of modern statistics the months of July and August are registering a decrease of 0.6% and 0 , 2%. The performance is determined by the latest decline in demand Italian (-0.6%) and a slight increase in the foreign currency (+0.6%).

Troubling data on employment in the same period there has been a result of a 1.3% -2.9% of permanent workers and a 0.3% of temporary workers. In terms of volumes, the decline in prices certified by Istat in recent days, adding cancellations and early departures due to bad weather in the seaside is recorded both in the mountains, with an impact on the sales of hospitality businesses in the quarter in a reputable -5%.

“The stagnation of the tourism market in the Bel Paese has almost become a chronic phenomenon that must be taken care of immediately and unconventional measures,” warns Mouth. For the president of Federalberghi it is “a sadly negative result that comes from years of negative results assommatisi to each other in time and that is sounding the alarm for one of the main economic sectors of the country.” Mouth explains that “the soothing effect of the growth of tourists from the rest of the world, recorded over the last three years is not enough to offset the slump in domestic demand.” For this Federalberghi, urging Italians to take advantage of opportunities tariff of September, asks the government to take immediate action such as reducing the tax burden and labor costs, raising the ceiling for payments in cash, simplification of procedures for the issuance of tourist visas and “promotion promotion promotion of the beautiful country in the world and in Italy itself.” (ANSA).