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FVG Tourism: presence from Austria-Germany up 12.2% in 2022

Compared to 2019. Regional data presented at ITB in Berlin

Redazione Ansa

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 07 MAR - Friuli Venezia Giulia scored a 12.2 percent increase in the overall presence of German and Austrian tourists in 2022 compared to 2019, a pre-pandemic year, breaking through the 3m threshold (3,118,662). Regional Tourism Councillor Sergio Emidio Bini brought these numbers to the ITB (Internationale Tourismus Boerse) in Berlin, where the Italian Pavilion opened. Friuli Venezia Giulia is present inside the ENIT booth with 13 operators.

In detail, the increase in Austrian presence in Friuli Venezia Giulia from 2019 to 2022 was 138,789 guests (up 8.6 percent) and 201,436 (up 17.2 percent) for Germans.

For the operators of Friuli Venezia Giulia attending the ITB," reads a statement, "the return to Berlin aims to increase further the attendance of German and Austrian tourists in particular, but also to attract the attention of other Central and Eastern European countries and the domestic market, given the presence of national players." More than 10,000 exhibitors from 180 countries are attending ITB Berlin. The showcase will be closing on March 9. (ANSA).

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