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July 31, 2021 Cancellation. This is the word of the summer of 2021 on which the aim was for the post-pandemic recovery. According to the Confturismo-Confcommercio Observatory and Swg on the confidence of Italian travelers for the month of July. The Italians who have packed their bags because they are ready for the holidays are 17 million, 34% of these, equal to 5.8 million, declare that they have already canceled at least one of the reservations, 66% are ready to cancel what they have booked , if the indices of the Covid curve were to go up



 the tourism that is not there


The absence of foreign tourists, especially intercontinental flows, but also Europeans, weighs in this summer where the recovery is slowing down. Italians reschedule down, postpone vacation choices and, what's worse, tend to cancel bookings. In summary, if already this year 8 million summer vacationers were missing compared to the numbers of Italians before the pandemic, potentially another 8 million fewer are added.



Also collapses in August


June was a "flop" therefore, July closes well below expectations, with 9% of respondents choosing this month for holidays of 3-7 days and 13% for holidays of over 1 week. August holiday month par excellence comes for a week at 28% compared to 33%. In this ups and downs of preferences, numbers and percentages, September seems to hold especially for the so-called short holidays of 1 or 2 nights at most. So the Italians, compared to what emerged in May, are postponing the departure forecasts and shortening the length of the trips.



The weight of the Delta variant


It is the effect of the "Delta variant", which is more frightening than the new rules on the adoption of the digital green certificate on which the interviewees agree in 79% of cases, even if the survey closed on July 20, therefore 3 days before the release of the relative decree.



Trips abroad


Spain, Greece and France are resisting when it comes to trips abroad. Nine out of ten Italians, for 5 years, have chosen to stay in Italy. Destinations Puglia, Sicily and Tuscany. Followed by Veneto, Emilia Romagna and Liguria. 60% mainly choose the sea.