Tourism has a significant economic impact on Italy. In 2013, tourism contributed 159.6 billion euros to Italy's GDP, equivalent to 10.3% of total GDP, and supported over 2.6 million jobs, or 11.6% of total employment. While tourism saw a decline in 2013, projections estimate a return to growth in 2014. Tourism revenues exceed the global and European averages as a percentage of GDP and employment. The tourism industry provides substantial benefits but also risks like overuse of resources if not managed sustainably.

1. TOURISM &
ECONOMY
The impact of tourism on
the Italian economy

2. A SHORT HISTORY OF TOURISM IN ITALY
Today people travel to visit friends or
relatives, to work, study, do sport,
to have a holiday, or for cultural
interest. While the Greeks and the
Romans travelled in the
Mediterranean for expand their
empires. In the middle Age the
Pilgrims travelled to visit Holy
places, others to discover new
places. One type of traveler more
like tourists today was the young
man who, in the eighteenth century,
for practical education to '' use of
the world " from that time more and
more frequent for the children of
the rich bourgeoisie, especially
English.

3.  The favorite destinations of these
travelers were Spain and northern
Italy, to discover the picturesque
southern Europe. These tourists
visited Turin for a short while. On
the way there, Milan was also a
popular stop, yet a trip to the city
was not considered essential, and
several passed by, or simply stayed
for a short period of time. If a
person came via boat, then they
remained a few days in Genoa. Yet,
the main destination in Northern
Italy was Venice, which was
considered a vital stop, as well as
cities around it such as Verona,
Vicenza and Padua.
A SHORT HISTORY OF TOURISM IN ITALY

4.  In a time when few private homes
possessed running water,
hygiene and worthy of the name,
what we now call
"accommodation" consisted inns
generally uncomfortable and
unclean, which served as staging
points and allowed to change or
to rest the horses, and traveling
remained very difficult and not
without risk. Even so, the Grand
Tour not generally pushed to the
south of Naples, until Stendhal
wrote that: "To grasp the essence
of the beautiful country is a must
visit Sicily with its wonderful
Greek ruins".
A SHORT HISTORY OF TOURISM IN ITALY

5.  Since then many followed
him, such as Goethe,
whose Italian Journey,
published in 1817, it was
used by travelers for many
decades later as a real tour
guide. The Grand Tour
introduced a cultural
dimension to tourism. But
only few people could
travel. The situation
changed with the industrial
revolution. Today, tourism is
accessible a most people, in
fact we can speak of mass
tourism.
A SHORT HISTORY OF TOURISM IN ITALY

6. THE CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES OF TOURISM IN ITALY
 Tourism can be defined as
a temporary visit, usually
for pleasure, creating the
need for transport,
information and catering
services, accommodation
and entertainment. Part of
the economy in Italy is
based on the tourism
industry. The choice of
holiday is vast: seaside
holidays, mountain
holidays, and many more. A
spin-off of this is the huge
number of magazines on
the subject giving you all
kinds of ideas for every
seasons, taste and pocket.

7.  Another source of information and
ideas is of course the internet. The
net is used by almost all tour
operators and travel agents to
check pacts, statistics, trends,
offers and prices. Tourists use the
net too: on-line they can already
book hotels, schedules flights, and
car hire. Many important hotel
chains, airlines and car-hire
companies have websites were
you can card details, and confirm
your booking or check in for your
flight from home. At the moment
the tourism is an industry which
produces billions of Euros and
provide jobs.
THE CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES OF TOURISM IN ITALY

8.  People mainly visit Italy
for..its.rich art, cuisine, histor
y, fashion and culture, its
beautiful coastline and
beaches, its mountains, and
priceless ancient
monuments. Italy also
contains more World
Heritage Sites than any
other country in the world. In
Italy there are different types
of tourism including artistic
cultural tourism, seaside
tourism, nature tourism,
winter tourism, business
tourism, wine and
gastronomic tourism,
tourism sportive.
THE CHARACTERISTICS AND TYPES OF TOURISM IN ITALY

9. THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM IN ITALY
 The Italian tourism industry
confirms, in 2013, its role as
an important engine of the
economy of the country,
despite its driving force has
suffered a decline over the
previous year. 2014 should
still be a year of growth,
which will bring tourism to the
GDP (Gross Domestic
Product) above the levels of
2012. This is what emerges
from the reading of the last
report on the economic
impact of the travel and
tourism sector in the world
and in individual countries,
product by the World Travel
and Tourism Council.20

10.  In figures, the total contribution of
tourism to the Italian economy in
2013 amounted to 159.6 billion
euro, equivalent to 10.3% of GDP.
Compared to 2012, we set up a
live downturn (-1.6%), but the
forecasts for 2014 indicate a return
to growth, thanks to an increase of
2.1% which should lead the
economic value of the sector to
163 billion euro. The economic
impact of tourism is reflected in a
significant way on the labor
market, with more than 2.6 million
jobs directly and indirectly created
in 2013, 11.6% of total
employment in the country. Also
according to the WTTC, the
number of employed is expected to
grow 1.3% in 2014.
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11.  The value of the tourism industry
for the Italian economy is above
the world average and European.
In 2013, in fact, tourism has been
a contribution to GDP of 9.5% and
generated 8.9% of jobs globally;
In the same year, in Europe,
tourism accounted for 8.7% of
GDP and 8.5% of jobs.
Nevertheless, our growth levels
are not keeping up with the more
general trend: WTTC forecasts
indicate an increase of 4.3% of
the world tourism industry
contribution to GDP and 2.9% for
the tourism industry in the
European '2014; in terms of
employment, the increase will be
2.5% worldwide and 1.6% in
Europe.
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12.  The term tourism is designed to
include, depending on the context,
the industrial and commercial
sector, the service sector, which is
responsible for providing tangible
services such as transport (plane,
train, ship, bus, etc.), hospitality
services (at hotels, guest houses,
holiday resorts), accommodation
and other related services (tour
guides, entrance in museums,
exhibitions, parks and other tourist
attractions; insurance services for
the traveler, catering and
entertainment ..).
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM IN ITALY

13.  In this area they belong to the
past service providers and
intermediaries such as tour
operators and travel agencies. It
is a very rich economic sector,
which funds major events and
whose turnover has experienced
almost constant growth since the
war with moments of reflux-
related contingencies
International as the attacks of 11
September 2001. Tourism is an
important source of revenue for
Italy and for many countries
around the world and brings
money to the state coffers
through taxation of services
related to tourism, as well as
indirectly through the receipts of
the service providers.
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF TOURISM IN ITALY

14. Positive aspects of tourism are:
 Provide job;
 Improve economic situation of
the host nation;
 Accelerate infrastructure
investment;
 Development projects;
 Jobs related to tourism are
more frequently created in
underdeveloped countries.
Negative aspects of tourism are:
 Misuse of natural resources
 Sex tourism;
 Growth of prostitution.
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TOURISM & ECONOMY
The impact of tourism on the Italian
economy