In Puglia il turismo vale 2,2 miliardi

More than 14 million overnight stays per day and 2.2 billion Euros of turnover, amounting to almost 10 percent of the regional economy. This photograph of the tourist landscape of Puglia taken during the conference 'The Puglia who works for tourism' organized by Federalberghi Puglia.

The meeting showed that the positive data of the region are due to more foreign visitors than to the national tourism, but nevertheless contribute to providing jobs to about 50 thousand employees, with summer peaks of over 65 thousand people.

"The real problem of Puglia is the enormous damage caused by unauthorized hotel, which sometimes reaches 80 percent of the total industry," said Alessandro Ambrosi, president of the Chamber of Commerce of Puglia during the meeting.

The commissioner Apulian Economic Development, Loredana Capone, then talked about the optimal use of European structural funds. "We have already prepared the Regional Plan for projects related to tourism and in the coming days we will bring in the Government implementing regulations. I want to point out that in recent years we have funded 263 accommodation facilities with a total public contribution of 38 million euro. "

Source: www.TTGItalia.com