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Summer satisfies restaurants and beaches, not cities of art
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(ANSA) - ROME, AUGUST 28 - A satisfying summer for more than half of the bars, restaurants and bathing establishments. Remaining in the white area in July and August, the regions benefited from the "free field" which allowed the arrival of tourists, including foreigners, and a resumption of services, which in turn could have given a good boost to GDP. For over 60% of the tourism inquiries this year was addressed to the sea (more than in 2020).
A Fipe-Confcommercio survey reveals a positive July: six out of ten replied that it went very or quite well; for one out of four it was at the levels of 2020 (when in the third quarter GDP made + 16.1%) while just under 20% rejected it, including Venice, Verona, the Belluno mountains and the Abruzzo hinterland. August is following the trail: 63% are satisfied; 12.5%, on the other hand, gave a negative opinion and mostly refer to the cities of art such as Rome, Florence and Venice. In July it went "very well" for the operators of the Romagna Coast, the Ligurian Coast, the North of Sardinia and the Adriatic / Abruzzo coast; they say it went "well" in Lignano Sabbiadoro, Iesolo, Lake Garda, Salento, South Sardinia, Sorrento / Amalfi coast, Sicilian islands, Lazio coast,mountain in Trentino. Trend as in July 2020 in Rome, Naples, Florence, Valle d'Aosta and Valtellina. August "very positive" for 15.6% of the sample of restaurateurs and managers of bars and beaches, with "excellent performances" on the Ligurian and Adriatic coast, in Salento and eastern Sicily.
Trend as in 2020 for 25% of the sample consulted in particular in the north of Sicily, south of Sardinia, the coast and the Belluno mountains. In the rest of the main tourist destinations (beach, mountain and lake) a "positive" rating for 46.9% of managers. Foreign tourism has returned, especially in seaside and lake resorts, explains Fipe-Confcommercio, while the cities of art suffer from a still modest recovery. On how much "fault" the Green Pass has in curbing tourism, the sample is divided more or less in half, on the basis of the availability or not of open spaces. The Italian Balneari Trade Union adhering to Fipe-Confcommercio and representing 30,000 companies says that summer 2021 started quietly but then saw an acceleration in August. Still few tourists ofOverseas and across the Channel, while there was "the return of the Germans and the French, with benefits for all regions". (HANDLE).
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