(ANSA) - ROME, 12 SEPT - On vacation, yes, but all concentrated in the same period and in the same places, with reduced budgets and shorter stays.
From the data of the Confcommercio-Conf
Of the 25 million Italians who normally leave between June and September, 4.5 million have not and will not. Of the other 20.5 million, 71% took at least one holiday of 5 nights or more, while 18% allowed themselves only one or more shorter stays, always with overnight stays: 5% instead limited themselves to day trips, while the 6% tip in September, but it is not sure to leave yet. The temporal concentration of travel choices is strongly negative, undermining all the efforts made in the past to seasonally adjust flows: 51% of departures between the second half of July and August. Bad June, chosen only by 8%, and the first half of July, while September would seem to exist, with a total of 12%. Destination preferences are also very concentrated,with seaside destinations at 64% and following - with a gap that seems unbridgeable - the mountains at 18% and the cities of art, which do not drop from 9%.
A panorama that also negatively affects the perception of the cost of the holiday, explicitly considered as a critical element of this summer by 2% of the interviewees, who declare that they have spent more than they intended. Many Italians respond that they have dedicated a lower budget this year than in the past: 14% compared to 2020 and even 30% compared to 2019. (ANSA).