An upcoming institutional meeting with all the political forces, majority and opposition, to discuss the status of a seaside resort, interventions on the infrastructural front, use of the tourist tax and seasonal work. This is the commitment that politics made at the end of the Sole 24 ore event on the Venetian coast and the resource of Italian seaside tourism which took place on 5 November. A comparison that analyzed in particular the needs of the so-called accordion municipalities, those with less than 15 thousand residents, called upon to cope with a high load of tourists for several months of the year, directly impacting the demand for services.
Numbers and perspectives of seaside tourism
Academic world protagonist of the first working panel: the Acme director Magda Antonioli, of the Bocconi University, focused on the value of innovation for the restart, by Professor Bruno Barel, of the University of Padua an excursus on the theme of state-owned concessions to the light of the recent directives of the Competition decree, from Professor Paolo Feltrin of the University of Trieste the accent on the unique opportunity offered by the Pnrr. In a context where the numbers are unequivocal. Sandro Cruciani, Istat director for environmental and territorial statistics, recalled that the Italian municipalities with a tourist and cultural vocation are 654 (8.3% of the total) and represent the most important voice of Italian tourism. “In 2019 they recorded almost 40 million arrivals (29.9%) and 173 million overnight stays (39.7%), in 2020 (the year of the pandemic) these numbers fell sharply: 20 million arrivals (36, 3%) and 93 million presences, which made up 44.7% of the total, ”said Cruciani.
The status of a seaside resort
And so it is to these municipalities that we must provide answers to the questions that Gianluca Falcomer, president of the Conference of Mayors of Eastern Venice, the president of the Eastern Venice tourist district Antonio Ferrarelli and the mayor of Cavallino Treporti Roberta Nesto, president of the conference of mayors of the coast Veneto stated: “we are not asking for additional funds – the latter specified – but regulatory interventions in support of the recognition of a specificity of small municipalities with respect to the reception of thousands of tourists, municipalities struggling with organic and financial endowments parameterized to permanently resident population, not the tourist one “.
A tourism that is not only seasonal the invitation of the undersecretary Gian Marco Centinaio, referent of the Lega Tourism Council and former minister, who recognized the reasons set out and guaranteed a direct commitment, the same guarantee provided by the subsequent political interlocutors: Gianluca Caramanna of Fratelli d ‘Italy, Cesare Fumagalli of the Democratic party, Sara Moretto, leader of Italia viva in the Productive Activities Commission of the Chamber. An overview because the tourist flywheel drags the whole country towards recovery. Francesco Calzavara, councilor for the heritage and regional budget of Veneto recalled that the Regions will not be able to directly dispose of the funds from the NRP on the infrastructural front on which there is a lot to do.
Future linked to investments in innovation
Local operators Alessandro Berton of Unionmare, Alberto Granzotto, national president of Faita Federcamping and Massimiliano Schiavon, president of Federalberghi Veneto have emphasized a commitment that goes towards the innovation of the offer, soliciting political responses in terms of unbureaucratization. Tourists facilitated access to municipalities and the sea, municipalities put in a position to guarantee more efficient waste collection services, health services and safety measures. Last but not least, the role of the Tourist District, a virtuous example of public-private synergy, as an activator of networks and promoter of integrated initiatives for the development of the coastal Veneto system.