(Tiper Stock Exchange) – There are 702,500 passengers arriving at Italian airports for August+1.1% compared to the 694,800 in August 2022. It is above all foreign tourists who pass through the gates of our airports where only the 19.9% is Italian, while US tourists still stand out (17.3%), followed by Spanish (4.9%), French (4.2%) and Canadian (3.6%). In 35.7% dand the cases are couples on vacation. This was revealed by the ENIT Research Department on The Data Appeal Company data, also underlining that 87.8% of the travel class is economy, also due to the high price of flights in summer 2023, while the highest arrivals are from 5 froming airports for August: New York JFK, Toronto Lester B Pearson, Madrid Barajas, Seoul Incheon and Buenos Aires Minister Pistarini.
For the central month of the summer, a positive peak of online bookings of bed placesor on August 15th with 6 full rooms out of 10, net of accommodation facilities which in this high season opt for direct off-line bookings, therefore not all of the offers in August are available on OTAs (web bookings ). ENIT Studies Department on The Data Appeal Company data).
In hotel reservations (from 3 to 5 stars) for the weekend from 4 to 6 August 2023, and despite the high season prices, Italy maintains a high competitiveness in spa resorts (149 euros per night), in the cities of art (157 euros) and in food and wine destinations (155 euros). The lake (182 euro), the mountain (220 euro) and the seaside (224 euro) towns follow in terms of price, according to the ENIT Research Office on the Remtene survey.
“It emerges from the ENIT study, conducted in June on 10 foreign markets with 5,000 interviewees, a more capillary distribution of international tourists who visit Italy throughout the year. Holidays in Italy are planned well in advance of the trip, mainly between 2 and 6 months before departure, a period indicated by 29.3% of the interviewees. Only 11.1% booked the week before leaving. And so, even for the current summer, more and more foreigners are willing to stay in Italian places. Among the most attracted are Americans, Poles and Spaniards” he comments Ivana Jelinic President and CEO of Enit.