33.5 million Italians have decided to go on vacation for at least a few days in the summer of 2021 which shows a substantial stability in departures compared to last year (-1%).
This is what emerges from a Coldiretti / Ixe 'analysis, which shows that economic difficulties, fear of contagion and fears for the future weigh in order.
Most of the vacationers - underlines Coldiretti - have chosen to delay departures which are concentrated in the months of July and especially August.
On the other hand, a profound change compared to last year is - continues Coldiretti - the presence of foreign tourists with a jump of 32% between July and August according to Coldiretti projections on Isnart data. The 2021 holidays show a clear preference of Italians towards national destinations. As many as one in three Italians (33%) on vacation stays within their region and only 6% plan to go abroad. If the beach - explains Coldiretti - remains the favorite destination, it holds tourism in the mountains and that of proximity with the rediscovery of small villages. The majority of Italians traveling have chosen to reopen their second homes, or to stay in those of relatives and friends or for rent, but in the ranking of preferences there are pensions and hotels and farmhouses are very popular.
Among the favorite diversions is the search for local food and wine has become the first item of the Made in Italy holiday budget in 2021 with about 1/3 of the expenditure for consumption in restaurants, street food or for the purchase of souvenirs . Italy is the undisputed world leader in food and wine tourism - concludes Coldiretti - thanks to the primacy of the greenest agriculture in Europe with 315 specialties with geographical indication recognized at community level and 415 Doc / Docg wines, 5266 traditional regional products registered along the Peninsula, the leadership in the organic sector with over 80 thousand organic operators and the largest world network of farmers' markets and farms with Campagna Amica.