458 million tourist presences in 2024, up 2.5% on 2023

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 2 - Tourism has grown in 2024 mainly thanks to foreign visitors with an estimated 458.5 million presences, up 2. 5% compared to 2023, according to preliminary figures released on Thursday by the Florence-based institute Centro Studi Turistici for the sector's association Assoturismo Confesercenti. In spite of inflation-linked price hikes, particularly in services, the tourism sector registered a positive trend for most of the year, mainly due to foreign arrivals, the survey said. Meanwhile domestic tourism shrank with a -2.8% in Italian presences and -2.9% in arrivals, mainly due to a fall in purchasing power, said the poll, bringing the estimated figures respectively to 207 million and 63.8 million.
    The trend for foreign visitors was instead of some 251.5 million presences (+7.4%) and 72.1 million arrivals (+6.3%). (ANSA).