Are we to believe the statistics on tourism?
- Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- 15:40 - 16:40
- Memo
- Global Village Arena - Pav. A2
- Emilio Becheri Creator and coordinator of the “Italian Tourism Report” from the first edition 1984
- Gavino Maresu Former professor of Tourism Business and Event Management, University of Genoa
- Nicoletta Martelletto Moderator | Journalist, President Italian Travel Press
- Maria Teresa Santoro Istat chief technologist, head of tourism statistics unit DCAT
"Statistics sometimes represent a paradox because they hide the truth," reads the XXIV Italian Tourism Report 2020/2022. With two scholars we want to understand if the truth of tourism lies in the numbers, how these are collected and composed; whether statistics should be trusted and why sometimes the numbers do not correspond to what is happening in the territories, with overtourism or lack of planning. A proposal is made for revision in the collection of parameters.