Holidays in Italy but short, cities of art in crisis

(ANSA) - ROME, JULY 11 - Italian holidays, but short and rather close to home, under the sign of the sea, food and wine, wellness and green itineraries while the cry of the cities of art continues relentlessly. And above all, there are still many undecided, which is truly unpublished for this period of the year but absolutely comprehensible compared to what happened with the pandemic. It emerges from the Confturismo Confcommercioe Swg observatory on the traveler's confidence index relative to June in which 93% of the interviewees, 16% more than last year, will take holidays in Italy.
    Preferred destinations Puglia, Tuscany and Sicily. Cities and places of art, usually at the top of preferences, languish in fourth place among the preferences of the interviewees, mentioned by 15% against 22% last year. For the 7% who instead will opt for foreign destinations, the choice can only narrow down European alpanorama where in Greece, France and Spain, already in vogue last year, Austria is added as a new entry which replaces England, normally present among the top destinations of the pre-Covid era.
    The most striking element is also the "quality" of the planned holiday: almost 4 interviewees out of 10 think they are going for a short holiday, of 2 or 3 days, not far from home, and become 1 out of 2 if there are also those who hypothesize holidays of at least a week, but always without moving far from the usual residence. (HANDLE).