Istat, record year 2017, arrivals + 5.3% – Last hour

(ANSA) – ROME, NOVEMBER 27TH – New record for tourism in Italy:
certify that this is the Istat report according to which in 2017 i
host institutions recorded a new historical record,
after that of 2016, with more than 420 million entries (+ 4.4%)
compared to 2016) and 123 million arrivals (+ 5.3%). Growth is
was above the European average.

In the non-hotel sector, there are 145.5 million
attendance (+ 7.5% compared to 2016) and 29.4 million arrivals (+ 10.2%), with
an average stay of 4.9 nights. In hotels the presences
they reach 275.1 million and arrivals 93.8 million
(respectively + 2.8% and + 3.9% compared to the previous year); on average
the stay in the hotels is confirmed at 2.9 nights for
customer.

The most substantial increases in terms of presence were realized
registered in Sicily (+ 7.3% compared to 2016), Basilicata
(+ 6.5%), Piedmont (+ 6.3%) and Emilia-Romagna (+ 6.0%). In general
growth was stronger in the south. Rome remains
primacy of foreign customers.