Foreign tourists: Florence the most visited but grows the hit and run

The city of Florence is reconfirmed also in 2014 la più visitata rispetto a Venezia e Roma.

Foreign visitors in the first 8 months of 2014 grow 1.5%, spend 121 euro per day average, but the stay was reduced by 3%.

This is what emerges from the study of ReteSviluppo, Statistical research organization that analyzed data from the Bank of Italy by comparing the growth of tourist flows in the first half 2014 the metropolitan area of ​​the Tuscan capital with the metropolitan areas of Rome and Venice, with respect to the 2013.

The daily per capita spending of foreign tourists visiting Florence in the early 8 months of 2014 was 121 euro, an increase over the 2013 8.2%.

A voice that confirms the first place than the city of Florence "rivals": Venice has recorded a growth of +3,4% and +2,8% a Roma.

In absolute terms, the record remains the capital with 125 average per capita expenditure of euro against 121 Florence and the 102 Venice.

Monitoring a period of time longer and comparing the first 8 mesi del 2010 with current figure shows that the growth of Florence is 27,1% (+10,5% Venice +3% Rome).

"That registered - underlines Nicholas Caciotti, Researcher Network Development - is an extremely positive for the Florentine area where the increase is close to 10 percentage points over the same period last year. If we consider that the data refer also to the summer months, we can certainly say that for the metropolitan area of ​​Florence is an extremely positive ".

Florentine metropolitan area the average stay of foreign tourists was 4,07 days, against 3,91 Venice and the 4,45 Rome. Compared to the same period 2013 This reduces the 2,7% (-4,9% in Venice, +10,4% a Roma).

"It is an interesting fact - concludes Caciotti - although in line with the trend of Italian tourism in recent years. In Florence increase arrivals, you spend a little more but you tend to stay less nights ".

Nicola Nuti

By the number 41 – The Year of 26/11/2014