Tourism, spring is sold out. Peak attendance by … – Citta della Spezia

                          La Spezia – The bridge of Easter in the province of La Spezia has been sold out, with thousands of tourists who chose the Cinque Terre and other natural beauty that only the Riviera di Levante can offer. In late spring there’s also the first trend on tourism and the news seem to be the best.
To take stock of the situation is the Center for Tourism Studies, for Assoturismo. According to the data of this study, for the next weekend there was an average employment rate of the available rooms in hotels open by 67%, with peaks during the May 1. The stays, however, remain short, two to three nights. And ‘what emerges from the data of the monitoring conducted by the Center for Tourism Studies on the availability of accommodation choices on the various portals of Online Travel Agencies, disseminated in collaboration with Assoturismo Confesercenti. The analysis takes into account only the rooms made available by hospitality businesses on web platforms, and not to the total of the existing supply.

“The figure – says the study center attractions – is expected to grow with the approach of Labor Day weekend. A tow the market interest is mainly the cities, where there was an average rate of 80% saturation of receptivity online. Particularly good performance in Naples, where – on the occasion of May 1 – were already booked 95% of the rooms available online. Booked almost 9 out of 10 in Venice, Florence, Turin and Rome. The figure refers of course to the structures working on weekends. “

For the areas of the countryside and hills in the employment level is 69%, while it is 62% for companies in the seaside tourism that are already active but which still represent a minority of the whole. Also good references for mountain areas, where it is estimated an average occupancy of 64% availability. Based on the information gathered from marketing channels online and the results of interviews with a panel of selected entrepreneurs are estimated stays the length of about 2.7 nights, with a prevalence of Italian tourists (57%).

“These figures, with great caution, we can define quite comforting for a sector that is still suffering a lot and need for a firm and quick to recover from a profound crisis of years,” said Claudio Albonetti, President of Assoturismo Confesercenti. “The desire and need for vacation of Italian resists, but the difficulties are not over, as seen by the brevity of the planned stay. A radical change is profound: in the recent meeting between the Minister Dario Franceschini and delegations of Assoturismo, Confturismo and Federturismo, we also discussed the project of holiday vouchers, we believe useful to broaden the base of people who can afford a trip. Must be reactivated: are a valuable tool for seasonal adjustment and can help the tourist development of new territories. But also serves a significant intervention on taxes, which points to restore a level playing field with other European countries on VAT, we still too high. ”