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July 21, 2020 "The situation is serious, but I am convinced that the recovery will already be in 2021, even if it will not allow us to balance this year's losses". This was stated by Bernabò Bocca, president of Federalberghi, during the online conference of 'Italy 2021 - Skills to restart the future' organized by PwC Italia.

According to Bernabò Bocca, "government interventions have so far been insufficient: of the 4 billion allocated 2.4 are for the bonus which is an aid to families and not to businesses". "So far - said the president of Federalberghi. 60% of the hotels have opened, a further 20% in the cities of art will open in September, 20% will not reopen. Those who reopened have an occupancy rate of 40-50% against 80% a year ago, a percentage that drops to 15-20% in the cities of art that have experienced foreign tourism, especially American tourism.

"" Many hotels have completed layoffs, the famous 18 weeks and today we do not know what to do: the government says that an extension of the IGC will probably arrive by the end or early August but we do not want to know now, we cannot wait ", concluded the president of Federalberghi.

Franceschini: the bonus brings liquidity to tourism
The Minister of Tourism Dario Franceschini sees it differently: the holiday bonus "more than 500 thousand people have already asked for it, and thus 500 thousand families in substance. More than 15 thousand have already spent it families2m underlined in his speech during the webinar on tourism 'Italy 2021 - Skills to restart the future'. "It therefore seems to me that it is going very well: it brings liquidity to the accommodation facilities, it helps tourism. And it doesn't only help hotels: - says Franceschini - if you go on holiday with the bonus, then you will go for a pizza anyway, you will go to a beach club or do some shopping. It is an incentive that will help the theme of Italian holidays, "added the minister.