Italian tourism set for bumper summer - report

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 31 - Italy's tourism sector is set to have a bumper summer, with visitors forecast to have 216 million overnight stays at official accommodation facilities between June and August, an increase of 1.5% on last summer, according to a survey by Florence's Tourism Study Centre (Centro Studi Turistici) for the Assoturismo Confesercenti association.
    The report said foreign visitors will account for 105 million of those overnight stays, a rise of 2.5% on last year.
    It added the overnight stays in Italy were up by 3.8% in the first five months of 2024 compared to the same period last year.
    (ANSA).