Tourism

A "Tourism Pact" signed at the Tourism Forum. What was said at the two-day event in Florence

Tourism "is gold" and "overtourism is blasphemy," and, indeed, our goal "is to increase by another 50 million tourists to reach the top of the podium" of the countries with the most tourists in the world. Very clear from the stage of the Italian Tour...
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Renaissance in Valtiberina and Valdichiana: a new itinerary among art, culture and landscapes is born

The Renaissance, one of the most flourishing periods in the history of Italian art and culture, finds a new dimension thanks to the birth of the Renaissance in Valtiberina and Valdichiana itinerary. This itinerary, which winds its way through the mun...
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In Italy never so many tourists as in 2023, a record year

More than 134 million arrivals and 451 million presences: this is the new record of Italian tourism certified by Istat data for the year 2023 (where arrivals means the number of customers who checked in tourist accommodation establishments in the ref...
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The new fashion in art cities: drunken tours

"Explore Florence's vibrant nightlife with a drunken walking tour." Cost 59€. Alternatively, there is the upgrade version "Drunken history walking tour with open bar" for 70€. It sounds like fake news but in fact it is the latest frontier of p...
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Here's how you're planning to reshape the tourist tax

Art cities: overtourism and the new tourist tax. These are the issues that hold sway among insiders in this August of super work for tourism. In particular, there is talk of a draft remodeling of the tourist tax up to 25 euros, unrelated to the star ...
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Sicily, hotels: 'we have water and we don't send tourists away'

"No problem. Tourists are not leaving." The president of Federalberghi of Agrigento, Francesco Picarella, seeks to reassure with respect to the tam tam following articles in the international press to give an account of the drought that has been enc...
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Forbidden to walk around town in swimsuits: municipalities punish boorish tourists

Vacationing by the sea but clothed. Yes, there are several seaside resorts whose mayor invoking 'more decorum' has signed an ordinance to prohibit walking around in bathing suits, complete with hefty fines of up to 500 euros (five hundred) for offend...
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Tour guides, reform becomes operational. What changes

The new legislation on the "Discipline of the profession of tourist guide" is operational : with the entry into force on July 13 of the Implementing Regulations, training courses and, above all, examinations for access to the Official List qualifying...
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Want to buy a house in a mountain village in Tuscany? The region pays you

Do you dream that your vacation spot can become your home? Do you dream of Tuscany when you return from vacation? Now for all those in love with the land of Dante there is a chance to go and live in one of those iconic villages typical of Tuscan land...
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Short-term rentals: stop and go in Florence, the ban no longer applies (for now)

False start with restart that of the 'battle' in Florence between property owners and the city administration following the ruling of the Regional Administrative Court of Tuscany to which the former had appealed against the resolution of a variant to...
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Maremma, set up closed number for Cala Violina's jewel-beach

In order to preserve the natural ecosystem of a prized beach in Tuscany, a closed number has been instituted: the municipality of Scarlino, in Maremma, for the summer months allows entry to the beach of Cala Violina only with prior reservation and in...
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Barcelona, stop short rentals to curb tourism excesses

Barcelona says stop to B&Bs: in fact, the city's mayor Jaume Collboni has announced that the more than 10,000 short-term rental licenses will not be renewed when they expire to curb the effects of excess tourism. A drastic measure but far off in ...
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Flying tourists: the Italian flight market grows. Here are the airports that do best

By now June begins the season devoted to travel: let's see what trends are emerging from attendance in art cities and airline bookings with data provided by "The Data Appeal Company" to the Ministry of Tourism and processed by it. In April, the numbe...
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Tourism, Rimini is the most overcrowded city, followed by Venice

64 tourists per resident in Bolzano, 14 thousand tourists per square kilometer in Venice, 71.65 kilograms of waste per tourist in Rimini. Sonno some of the numbers that emerge from the survey by the Demoskopika research institute, published exclusive...
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Balearic Islands, tourism causes a flood of problems. Residents' protests and draconian measures

After Barcelona and the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands are also taking measures to curb tourism: on May 25 in Plaça d'Espanya in Palma de Mallorca there was a large demonstration organized by residents (there are just under a million on ...
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How is the access ticket in Venice doing? Better than expected

Venice likes it, and is attracting tourists despite the introduction of the 5-euro ticket, surpassing the City Council's forecasts: after 8 of the 29 days on which daily visitors were charged admission fees, the 700,000 euros that had been estimated ...
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