After the restrictions imposed by Corona, millions of tourists are expected in Italy for the 2023 summer holiday. Regions, islands and cities are taking action.
Munich/Rome – Italy is currently preparing for a tourist rush in the summer. This is reported by the Italian daily La Republicca. After a good three years of restrictions due to the Corona pandemic, an enormous increase in tourist bookings is expected in Italy. They want to prepare for this, they want to prepare for the rush in different regions and cities.
Rush of holidaymakers in summer: Italy threatens tourist collapse – restrictions for tourists planned
And this is expected to be enormous, because according to the forecasts of the Demoskopika Institute, there will be over 442 million visitors. This corresponds to a growth of 12.2 percent compared to 2022 and would represent the highest value ever. As far as arrivals of tourist groups are concerned, almost 127 million could be registered – the third highest figure ever after 2019 (131 million) and 2018 (128 million). This has a driving effect on tourism spending, which in absolute terms could almost reach the threshold of 89 billion euros, with an estimated growth of 22.8 percent compared to 2022.
From summer 2023, tourists will have to pay an entrance fee in the Italian city of Venice. (Archive photo) © Andrea Merola/dpa
Italy threatens tourist collapse: Around 61 million foreigners choose Italy as a holiday destination
So there are signs of a recovery in 2023 for tourism in Italy also on the side of incoming tourists: almost 61 million foreigners would choose Italy as their holiday destination, according to the estimates. All regional destinations are expected to see a positive trend in tourist flows this year.
Now Italy is trying to prepare for the imminent collapse of tourism. The first cities and regions have already taken the first measures, while others, according to the La Repubblica report, are examining measures to somehow cope with the rush that is expected to take place in the coming weeks and months. As the online portal Travelbook.de reports, restrictions, rules and entrance fees for tourists are being considered, some of which have already been issued.
Venice: For the 2023 summer vacation, tourists in Venice should pay 3 euros entrance fee
For example, in Venice. Originally, it was planned that tourists would have to pay admission to visit the city since July 1, 2020. Three euros were planned, but then came Corona and with it unprecedented restrictions that caused tourism to collapse. The second launch date – originally planned for January 2023 – could also not be realized. Now the entrance fee for the 2023 summer season is to come, but it is not yet clear whether it will work this time. It would certainly be good for the city.
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Lake Como: Municipalities and towns want to restrict coaches for summer holidays in 2023
After a violent start to the season at Easter on Lake Como – a few weeks ago, northern Italy's town was almost overrun by tourists – they want to do better in the summer, as Travelbook.de writes. The rush was already grotesque to such an extent that many commuters were unable to travel to their jobs in Switzerland due to the traffic jams caused by holidaymakers and tourists around Lake Como.
"The adoption of extraordinary measures to prohibit or limit heavy goods traffic is essential, especially for coaches, but also for vehicles such as trucks, semi-trailers, etc.", the portal quotes the mayor of the municipality of Tremezzina, located on Lake Como, Mauro Guerra.
Ban on cars and mopeds on Lampedusa – access restrictions planned for beaches in Sardinia
The government of the island of Lampedusa is planning major cuts for tourists and visitors, as the newspaper Il Mattino writes. There, between July and the beginning of September 2023, it will be forbidden to come to the island by car or moped for a period of 40 days. This applies to anyone who does not live on the island. "There are about 6700 inhabitants and last year we had more than 200,000 arrivals, so we have prepared appropriate measures to manage the flows," Mayor Filippo Mannino told the newspaper.
Although this is not planned in Sardinia, it is likely that there will be access restrictions for beaches, according to Travelbook.de. The village of Baunei in the east of the island is said to be affected. An app is being developed especially for this purpose, which is intended to regulate beach visits. The whole thing should even cost six euros a day.
Fishing village of Portofina prohibits standing – South Tyrol limits the number of tourist beds
Also in Liguria, more precisely in the small village of Portofino with 400 inhabitants, people are preparing for an enormous rush of holidaymakers. Because it is also common here that the place is completely overcrowded during the holiday periods. Even before Easter, Mayor Matteo Viacava had issued the "Ordinance on the Regulation of Tourist Flows". Now it is forbidden to stop in Portofino in particularly busy places - similar to the ban on staying in the old town of the city of Düsseldorf, for example, during the Corona pandemic. In Portofino, this is to be marked by red zones.
Just like Lake Como, the South Tyrol region is preparing for an enormous rush of holidaymakers in the summer of 2023. In South Tyrol, the number of tourist beds was already limited last year. In Bolzano, car traffic is to be reduced, is currently the plan.
