on Apr 30th, 2007
Latest news for tourism in Italy
More tourists for long spring weekends in Italy and especially in Sicily: The long weekends of spring have been a great success for all Italian art cities. According to the latest data, Venice can count on a 9% increase in tourism flows (check here 
Travel Mall Venice hotel rates), with Florence at 7% (Travel Mall Florence hotel reservations), and Rome and Milan at 3%: very good performances for Syracuse ad Agrigento in Sicily with a 6% increase (Travel Mall offers in Sicily). The presence of Italian visitors seems to have slightly decreased, while tourists coming from countries in the European Union are growing well, with Spain, France, Germany and Great Britain leading the way.
Italy is the third incoming destination in Europe: Despite the growth of other areas, Europe remains the leading tourism zone of the world, this was the announcement made by the President of the “Italian Tourism Authority”, Umberto Paolucci, during a meeting with Italian members of parliament on “Italian Tourism and 
Europe” in the city of Strasburg. “We are talking about a market that registers the highest level of incoming with more than 300 billion dollars in revenues for international arrivals, at a share of 425 million arrivals, of which more than 50% determined by the residents of individual countries,” explained Paolucci. “The results are good for Italy, which is in third place after Spain and France.” Travel Mall focus all the efforts to offer the best choice of travel services to his clients, please check the Travel Mall website.
Alitalia on strike on May 3rd: We reconfirm the strike of the Alitalia personnell on May 3rd.