More than 425,000 people over the 10 days of the Barcolana

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 14 OTT - More than 425 thousand people participated in the ten days of events promoted in Trieste on the occasion of Barcolana 55 presented by Generali. That is the estimate worked out by the regatta organizers and released today during a meeting. The figure, underlined by the president of the sailing society of Barcola and Grignano, Mitja Gialuz, brings the attendance "back to pre-Covid levels, with numbers perhaps even higher than in 2019." Of the 425,000 people who took part on land and sea, 388,000 - according to the analysis conducted by Justonearth (Joe) - were recorded between October 5 and 8: 62 percent were from outside Trieste.
    As for logistics, according to numbers released by Trenitalia, 50,224 tickets were sold in 4 days to reach Trieste, of which only 28,000 were sold on the Sunday of the regatta.
    Hotels and vacation homes also sold out the night between Saturday and Sunday, while in the days immediately preceding the race, occupancy was over 80 percent.
    Over 1,773 boats signed up for the race; 24 nations were represented by participating owners. Of those noted, 14 percent were foreigners. Slovenia, Austria, Croatia, Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary are the countries with the highest number of participants.
    Meanwhile, the organizing team is already working on Barcolana 56, which will take place in 2024: "We have to work on the sustainability of the event and the reception, especially in the docks such as Lido harbor and pier zero," Gialuz added.
    (ANSA).