The number of foreign visitors
to the Marche region fell by 36% in October over the same month
in 2015 as a result of the 6.0-magnitute earthquake in central
Italy on August 24 that killed 298 people, farmers' association
Coldiretti said Friday.
The drop in tourists translated into a loss for the local
hotel industry of 15 million euros.
Overall 74,000 foreign tourists visited the Marche in October
2016, spending a total of 19 million euros according to Bank of
Italy figures.
The drop in tourism, which came amid further major quakes in
central Italy including a 6.6-magnitude one on October 30,
reversed a positive trend that had seen foreign visitor numbers
in the first eight months of the year double over the same
period in 2015.
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