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May 26, 2020 Pompeii aims to arrive next June 9 with the archaeological park reopened largely, with an offer that does not differ much from what visitors found before the outbreak of the pandemic.  

The restoration excavation projects continue regardless of the contingency and for the routes there will be an app, available from 9 June, which will guide tourists and help the park administration to keep the flows under control.

The digital ticket office always remains with online booking, but Pompeii will no longer be a site that can only be visited during the day and with rare evening events: thanks to the app for managing flows and working with local institutions, the public could visit the park archaeological in unusual times. The Municipality of Pompeii will then abolish the tourist tax at least until the end of the year, just to stimulate prolonged visits.

A sector in trouble
The world tourism organization expects for 2020 a decrease in international flows of between -58%, in the most optimistic hypothesis with the restart in July, to -78% in the most pessimistic one in which the sector will resume only in December. All countries in the world have applied restrictions on international mobility, which is unprecedented in the history of tourism.

The made in Italy web app
The management of the re-start impacts directly on tourism born on the wave of the sharing economy such as Airbnb and the like. Customers are now looking for self check-in and check-out, access without key exchange, digital concierge available 24 hours a day for information, respecting social distancing.

An Italian idea is that of Ok Home, a web app designed for owners of hotels, b & b and apartments, with a home automation heart to manage doors, heating, air conditioning, which allows you to control consumption remotely and limit expenses based in the actual presence of the guest.
There are no keys: inputs and outputs are monitored by the keypad, also for the access of cleaning workers, also for any maintenance or emergencies.