Around 34.4 million people in
Italy, children included, are taking a summer vacation this
year, an increase of 3.2% with respect to 2016, hoteliers'
association Federalberghi said on Friday.
It said that this means 56.6% of the population were set to
take, or have already taken, a vacation in the June-September
period.
The association said 78.6% of the holidaymakers are staying
in Italy, with seaside resorts being the top destination.
It added that Italian summer holidays will generate around 22
billion euros in business this year, up 2.2% on 2016.
Federalberghi said that the number of people not taking even
one day of holiday this summer was down to 24.2 million (24.4%
of the population), compared to 27.5 million in 2016.
In 55% of cases, those who stay home do so for economic
reasons, while 18% go without a holiday due to family
commitments and 16% because of health issues.
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