An eternally popular destination, Italy’s travel and tourism industry generated a significant $233 billion last year for the country’s economy.
A new Economic Impact Report (EIR) issued by the World Travel & tourism Council (WTTC) reveals that tourism industry”>Italy’s tourism industry was responsible for 10.5 percent of the country’s total economic output in 2023.
Italy’s bustling tourism industry also broke all records last year for employment generation, the EIR shows. Some 185,000 new jobs were generated by the travel industry, which drove the total industry-related employment for the country up to 2.97 million. That amounts to one in every eight jobs in Italy.
International visitors have returned to Italy in droves—breaking records here, too. Spending in Italy by overseas visitors,…
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