Italy set new tourism record in 2023

(ANSA) - ROME, JUN 4 - Italy's tourism sector set a new record last year, registering 134 million arrivals and 451 overnight stays at accommodation establishments, according to estimates released on Tuesday by a working group formed by the tourism ministry and statistics agency Istat.
    The report said these levels were comfortably above the pre-pandemic ones of 2019, with three million more arrivals, an increase of 2. 3%, and 14.5 million more overnight stays, up 3.3%.
    Arrivals and overnight stays in 2023 are estimated to have been up by 13.4% and 9.5% respectively on 2022.
    The report said foreign tourists accounted for 52.4% of the overnight stays. (ANSA).