In 2024, tourism in Italy skilled exceptional development, with nearly 500 million in a single day stays; greater than half of these have been of overseas vacationers. This positions Italy second solely to Spain within the European Union for tourism.
In response to official knowledge launched by ISTAT, the Italian statistics institute, the variety of arrivals elevated by 1.2%, whereas in a single day stays surged by 11.1%.
By the top of the yr, Italy recorded 458.4 million in a single day stays in lodging institutions, marking a brand new peak with a 2.5% improve in comparison with the earlier excessive set in 2023.
The fourth quarter of 2024 demonstrates a really optimistic efficiency, particularly relating to the variety of in a single day stays in lodge institutions. General, in comparison with the identical interval in 2023, in a single day stays elevated by 11.1%, whereas arrivals rose by 1.2%.
In October, greater than two-thirds of in a single day stays (67.5%) have been attributed to overseas vacationers. Nonetheless, home demand was prevalent throughout November and December. Particularly, 53.7% of in a single day stays in November and 57% in December have been accounted for by Italian vacationers.
When evaluating the general composition of hospitality institutions for the quarter with that of the earlier yr, the share of overseas company elevated from 53.2% in 2023 to 55.4% in 2024.
Throughout the identical interval, the variety of company at each lodge and non-hotel institutions rose considerably. Resort company elevated by 10.6%, whereas non-hotel institutions skilled a development of 12.2%.
The common keep for patrons in lodging institutions is 3.01 nights, which reveals a slight improve for each Italians and foreigners. Italians stayed a mean of two.66 nights, up by 0.23 from 2023, whereas foreigners had a mean keep of three.37 nights, a rise of 0.28 nights.
In response to the present estimates for 2024, there’s a noticeable divergence between the traits for arrivals and in a single day stays in Italy. In a single day stays are projected to succeed in 458.4 million, reflecting a development of two.5% in comparison with the document ranges of 2023. In distinction, arrivals are anticipated to complete 129.3 million, which is 4.4 million fewer than in 2023, representing a decline of three.3%. Italy’s development fee of two.5% aligns with the EU common, positioning the nation second amongst European nations for complete in a single day stays. Italy surpasses France, which is estimated to have 450.1 million in a single day stays whereas trailing solely behind Spain, which leads with 501.1 million in a single day stays.
When contemplating solely overseas tourism, Italy ranks second with 250.1 million in a single day stays, following Spain, which information 320.7 million in a single day stays by worldwide company.
Home journey is declining among the many high three international locations for vacationer in a single day stays. Italy skilled a extra important lower of two.2%, in comparison with Spain and France, which noticed declines of 1.4% and 1.7%, respectively.
Regardless of the drop in home tourism, the variety of overseas vacationers is rising throughout all 27 EU international locations. Spain, Italy, and Germany have all reported a rise of greater than 6 proportion factors in vacationer in a single day stays, surpassing the EU common development of 4.7%.
