(ANSA) - Rome, February 10 - Trips by Italian residents fell
by 9% to 71.883 million in 2019, ISTAT said Monday.
This interrupted a series of rises that started in 2016, the
stats agency said.
Holiday trips were down 8.4%.
Business trips were down 12%.
In summer at least 37.8% of the population has a holiday,
ISTAT said.
Some 76.2% of trips are to an Italian destination, down 12.8%
on 2018.
Foreign trips accounted for the remaining 23.8% of the total.
ISTAT observed that travel was down even before the
coronavirus emergency.
Italian tourist trips down 9% in 2019
Rise since 2016 has been interrupted says stats agency