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16 August 2020An Italy in black and white in this mid-August date par excellence of the holidays, but branded Covid.
The survey by Fipe Confcommercio can be read as follows: "With offices and factories closed and without the mass of tourists, the cities of art have registered a drop in turnover ranging between 30 and 50%, while on the coast, for for example in Tuscany, there is no place in the restaurant until August 24th ".

If the sea is a bit of an ace, the mountain also keeps pace. "Breath of oxygen - says Confcommercio - for the Alpine and Pre-Alpine areas where the month of August is turning out to be less dramatic than forecasts, thanks to local tourism and the nearby crossings with Switzerland and Austria: turnover and employment at About 80% compared to 2019 ".

Cities empty
The sore point are the cities from north to south of the boot. Approximately 70% of the businesses considered it "convenient" to close their doors, while those who remain open earn 50/60% less than a year ago. "In contrast to the seaside resorts, from Friuli to Tuscany to the Adriatic coast, where bookings are on the rise with peaks of 50% compared to 2019. 

Revenue: a warm panel. The focus is on September
"The positive data of the seaside resorts are excellent news - underlines Lino Enrico Stoppani, president of Fipe - Confcommercio, the Federation Italian Public Exercises - but it is clear that this is a hot panic: two weeks of recovery cannot compensate for 6 dramatic months for the sector. Among other things, it is a flash in the pan, destined to last until 23 August, when the Italians will return to the cities. The hope is that the offices will begin to reopen from September, loosening smartworking to give oxygen also to the activities of urban centers and the suburbs which are now seeing a drop in turnover of 50% and a third of the employed. It is time - concludes Lino Enrico Stoppani - for an extra effort by the government to boost consumption, otherwise we risk a hot autumn ".

The drop in balances is
1.4 billion less. These are the mid-August losses, after 15 days of balances, which in some regions lasted even a month.
Federmoda Confcommercio takes stock, according to which consumption should amount to 2.1 billion against 3.5 billion last year.
In particular, according to a survey by the Italian Fashion Federation-Confcommercio, 74% of the companies interviewed recorded a drop in sales compared to the first 10 days of sales in 2019. Sales are stable for 14% and positive for 12%. 53% of companies recorded a decline in sales by 30% over the previous year, but you calculate a -70 / 80% in the centers of large cities suffer the most, unlike the suburbs, smaller towns and resorts.

purchases and bonus to restart
Who made expenses, he mainly bought t-shirts and polo shirts, women's dresses, Bermuda shorts, shirts, women's shoes, trousers and sandals. For Federmoda Confcommercio they would be used to distribute non-repayable contributions, 'bonuses' for purchases of clothing and footwear, a tax credit for the devaluation of warehouses, since it will be impossible to recover the spring season completely lost, with many products closed in the warehouses .