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Tourism to Sicily in Slight Decrease

The forecast for the arrivals to Sicily is not too optimistic this year. According to a study just published by PricewaterhouseCoopers, tourism in 2007 decreased by 10% and will decrease a further 2% in 2008. According to this study, the average stay in the isalnd is 3 days and only 38% of the visitors stay at a hotel. Tourism accounts only for 8% of the island’s GDP.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 at 12:01 am and is filed under Travel. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “Tourism to Sicily in Slight Decrease”

  1. Duilio Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 am

    Hmmm…

    Sad news?
    We’ll HOW it develops through the summer…
    judgment at the end.

    People don’t know what they miss here!
    Maybe it’s also due to higher energy prices…
    so this could be a general trend…
    less tourism.

    ciao

    Hope to see you soon!
    Du

  2. Duilio Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 7:29 am

    sorry:

    we’ll see HOW…

  3. Dean Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm

    Is this a general decline for Italy as well, or just for Sicily? This would be interesting to know.

    Dean

  4. Sicily Guide Says:
    July 2nd, 2008 at 1:25 pm

    Good question, Dean and I think there is a decrease for Italy too.

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