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16 August 2019 All out in Ferragosto. 68% of Italians, about 2 out of 3, left home to reach friends or relatives, to go to the beach, in the countryside and in the mountains or to take a simple trip. This is what emerges from the budget drawn up by Coldiretti / Ixe 'between the holiday of yesterday and the weekend that is announced as that of the first summer exodus. "The weekend of Ferragosto - continues Coldiretti - remains the highlight of the holidays of the Italians who again this year privileged the month of August. The majority - concludes Coldiretti - will extend the holidays at least for the whole weekend with which it takes the via the first counter exodus of the summer ". And it will be a day today with a yellow mark and a red dot tomorrow and Sunday, both in the morning and in the afternoon, for traffic to the big cities.

According to the survey, the most popular destination was the beach, therefore - in order - the countryside and natural parks and the mountain, but the farm holidays, chosen by some 450,000 Italians and foreigners, with a substantial increase of 7% compared to last year. A large number of citizens then preferred to spend the mid-August in the name of conviviality at the home of relatives and friends, and great protagonists of the day were picnics and barbecues but those who chose to spend the appointment at the restaurant did not miss. Mid-August under the banner of rest, on the other hand for 10.6 million Italians who spent the day at home, while for another 5.6 million it was a day like any other, in several cases also passed to work, above all to guarantee the services in the tourist places, from the hotels to the restaurants, without forgetting the security forces. The weekend of Ferragosto - continues Coldiretti - remains the highlight of the holidays of the Italians who again this year favored the month of August. The majority will prolong the holidays at least for the whole weekend with which the first exodus of the summer starts.