Saturday, September 6, 2014

Tourism: summer black record low in July and August – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

Tourism: summer black record low in July and August – AGI – Agenzia Journalistic Italy

black summer tourism record low in July and August September 6, 2014 18:06

(AGI) – Rome, September 6 – A summer “sadly negative” for the first time in the history of the modern tourist statuistiche scored a negative in July and August. According to the survey of the Research Center of Federalberghi, two months highlight of the year closed with a -0.6% and -0.2% in the presence of the hotel. From June to August the balance of nights and ‘was equal to 0% from June to August, compared to the same period of 2013, as determined by the latest decline in demand Italian (-0.6%) and a slight incrmento of a foreign currency ( + 0.6%).
On the employment front, in the same period, there was even a result of a 1.3% -2.9% of permanent workers and a 0.3% of workers a given time.
“From June to August the hotel tourism Italian produced a result equal to zero compared to the same period last year – note the president of Federalberghi, Bernabo ‘Bocca – A negative result sadly that comes from years of negative results assommatisi to each other over time and that rings the alarm bell for one of the main economic sectors of the country. “Sure-adds in the quarter Bocca summer there have been adverse weather events that have certainly worked against the tourist choices of Italians and foreigners, but now the stagnation of the tourism market in the Bel Paese and ‘almost become a chronic phenomenon that must be taken care of immediately and unconventional measures. ” “The soothing effect of the growth of tourists from the rest of the world, recorded over the last three years -evidenzia the President of the accommodation between Italian is not ‘more’ enough to offset the slump in domestic demand and this’ puts most clearly in the nude serious moment that the facilities of the country are going through, even more ‘serious in the locality’ that cater almost exclusively to the domestic customer. “What unconventional measures can not be postponed and must be, therefore, that the Government and Parliament to vary? -si asks Mouth – 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. The bad weather that hit Italy this summer has caused cancellations and early departures of tourists, both in location ‘marine is in the mountains: the impact on the sales of hospitality businesses in the quarter and’ estimated at -5%. He reports Federalberghi, according to which the situation of enterprises also affects the price decrease, the tax burden, the cost of labor. The hope of the President of Federalberghi Bernabo ‘Mouth’ that “at least part of the Italians who were unwilling or unable to take holidays during the typical summer months, will seize the opportunity ‘tariff that September usually offers.” Italian tourists continue to decline but foreigners do not abandon the peninsula. According to the economic survey carried out by the Centre for Studies of Federalberghi, the hotel stays of foreigners have registered from June to August, an increase of 0.6%. Last summer, the growth was 4.1%, up 1% after the first quarter 2012 and up 11% in June / August 2011 The research shows that foreigners are more ‘than 50% of total hotel guests Italian . Our main customer and ‘Germany, with 30.7 million visitors, followed by the USA (9.6 million), the UK (9 million) and France (8.6 million). Foreign tourists are not distributed evenly in all regions: Veneto in the first place, with 19.2 million admissions (15.6%), followed by New York (14.9%), Province of Bolzano (12, 7%), California (12.2%) and Tuscany (10.2%).
Considering the attendance hotels in Italy and ‘in second place (256 million) after the Spanish (281 million) and first France (202 million). The peninsula rises to first place in terms of tourists from outside Europe: 44 million overnight stays in hotels Italians in 2012 compared to 37 million in the UK, 33 million in Spain and 28 million in France. (AGI).

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