Overtourism negative impact on liveability in 50% of cases

(ANSA) - ROME, NOV 22 - Overtourism has a negative impact on liveability in one out of two cases in Italy, according to a survey of Italians out Friday.
    It causes tensions between residents and tourists in 40% of cases, a bad visit experience in 39% and a negative impact on ecosystems in 38%, said the report, 'Future4Tourism', by the Ipsos research agency.
    Nando Pagnoncelli, president of Ipsos Italia and councillor of the Touring Club Italiano (TCI), illustrated the findings during the TCI event "Tradition becomes the future. Together for 130 years for Italy, a common good" at the Temple of Vibia Sabina and Hadrian, in Rome.
    In another study he cited, based on the responses of people from 22 foreign countries, it turns out that Italy remains a popular destination due to the variety of its tourist, cultural, landscape and food and wine offerings, but disappoints due to costs ("often not justified by the quality offered"), poor security ("feeling of widespread micro-criminality") and "excess unmanaged tourism".
    Some 30% of respondents would choose Italy as a destination for a reward trip, with the city of Rome cited in 68% of cases, followed by Venice (53%), Milan (47%), Florence (34%) and Naples (30%).
    Digitalization proves crucial for Italians, Ipsos continues, with 35% of respondents consulting the institutional websites of the places of interest to plan their trip and 33% choosing blogs and online forums.
    Only 24% consult the advice of friends and acquaintances.
    In the next 5 years, according to Italians, the quality of accommodations and lodgings (66%) and restaurants, meals and cuisine (61%) will be interesting and valuable in a trip; for 53%, contact with nature will be important, for 47%, new destinations, for 42% the possibility of tours and excursions in little-known places and the same value for famous ones.
    photo: Overtourism protest in Florence (ANSA).