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Tourism in Abruzzo | |
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| Time zone | UTC+1 (Central European Time) |
| Area code | +39 |
| Website | Abruzzoturismo Official Page |
Tourism in Abruzzo has become one of the most prosperous sectors in the economy of Abruzzo, and in recent years has seen a remarkable growth attracting numerous tourists from Italy and Europe.[1] According to statistics, in 2021 arrivals totaled 1,330,887.[2] A total of 5,197,765 arrivals were tourists,[2] a figure that puts the region seventeenth among the Italian regions for numbers of tourists per year. A moderate support to tourism is also given to the Abruzzo Airport with many low cost and charter flights connecting the entire region with the rest of Europe.[3]
Abruzzo tourism can basically be divided into three different types: mountain tourism[4] hiking natural which includes numerous ski resorts, nature reserves and protected areas, beach tourism and coastal with the number of resort, hotel, camping and beaches,[5] and finally the art-historical tourism religious and cultural concentrated mostly in mountain villages and historic towns such as l'Aquila, Vasto, Chieti, Teramo, Sulmona and many others.[6]
In January 2016 the online newspaper HuffingtonPost.com has included Abruzzo in its "The World's 12 Best Place to Live or Retire in 2016",[7] writing:
"It's hard to think of a lovelier corner of Italy than the Abruzzo. The beaches are golden, and the sea rolls out like a giant bolt of turquoise silk. There are mountains, too, meaning that, living here, you'd have both skiing and beach-combing on your doorstep, depending on the season. This region is one of Italy's secret treasures"
In 2022 also american travel magazine Travel + Leisure include Abruzzo in 50 Best Places to Travel in 2022[8] and also others many prestigious foreign magazines in the tourism sector have produced publications on the region in recent years, underlining its great tourist appeal.[9]
In 2023, arrivals were 1.745.373 tourists.[10]
- ^ Maria Pasquale (15 January 2018). "10 reasons to visit Abruzzo, Italy's new hot destination". CNN. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ a b "Nei flussi anni 2009, 2010 e 2011 NON sono compresi quelli determinati dagli ospitati nelle strutture ricettive a seguito dell'evento sismico del 6/4/2009" [The flows for the years 2009, 2010 and 2011 do NOT include those determined by guests in accommodation facilities following the seismic event of 6/4/2009] (in Italian). Archived from the original (XLSX) on 2022-10-08.
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- ^ "The World's 12 Best Places To Live Or Retire In 2016". The Huffington Post. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-16.
- ^ "The 50 Best Places to Travel in 2022".
- ^ "Abruzzo-media-buzz". experiencebellavita.com.
- ^ "Abruzzo Number of arrivals, 1990-2021 - knoema.com". Knoema.