A summer of clear recovery, even if the expectations of the beginning of the season - unfortunately - remained unfulfilled and the increase in energy costs drastically reduced the margins of the hospitality businesses.
By summer 2022 the tourism industry had hoped to realign itself to 2019 levels, but
the wave of contagions at the end of June, expensive fuel, airport chaos and soaring inflation
somehow weakened the economy.
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Based on the information collected, there was an increase in overnights in the summer quarter (June-July-August) equal to + 15.5% over 2021. For the national component, the increase was + 5.1%, while for the foreign component rises to + 35.4%.
In absolute terms, there are approximately 49 million tourists registered in the accommodation facilities, for a total of 198.8 million overnight stays, with a decrease of -6.9% compared to 2019.
This is the scenario that emerges from the Assoturismo Confesercenti survey, carried out by the Centro Studi Turistici of Florence, on a sample of 1,694 hospitality entrepreneurs.
The quarter just ended therefore marked the return to "normality" of summer holidays and an important consolidation of the growth in tourist flows.
Relevant results emerged for foreigners, although still below the levels of 2019 (-20.2%).
The hospitality businesses mainly hosted German tourists, but also from France, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, the United States and the United Kingdom.
The most significant increases were recorded above all in the regions of the North West (+ 18.5%), the North East (+ 16.8%) and the Center (+ 16.2%).
For the southern regions and islands, the estimated growth is + 10.3%.