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FInocchiaro et al /
Qualità dell’ambiente urbano – XI Rapporto (2015)
ISPRA Stato dell’Ambiente 63/15 pagg. 76-124
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Abstract
Tourism brings flows of people in "waves" everywhere in the world, with tangible
consequences on the environment, resources and quality of life.
ISPRA’s Urban Environment Quality Report analyzes some "key" factors involved in the
relationship between tourism and environment:
tourist accommodation
, touristic
flows and the waste generation.
Data on tourist accommodations are given at the municipal level, while those related
to tourist flows and the waste generation are at provincial level.
The
trend
in the number of accommodations, overall, shows a growth in the 85 cities
surveyed. In detail, hotels show an increase of 1.7% (differing on the national
performance, -1.9 %), while for the complementary accommodations, in general, the
values are higher (+ 29.6 %) .
Also the
density accommodation
, in the five-years considered, recorded a small
increase (0.6 persons per km
2
).
In 2013, the trend of flows ((arrivals and overnight stays) is in line with the national
decline, in fact, overnight stays (-0.9%) and arrivals don’t show changes.
The tourism intensity, measured by the reports "Arrivals/inhabitants" and " overnight
stays/inhabitants", show always Bolzano, Rimini, Venice, as the cities with the highest
values, even if though the previous year, the changes are negative.
In 2013, 26 provinces out of 83 recorded show an incidence of tourism "surveyed" to
the total waste generation above to the national value. In detail, are largely the same
provinces with high values of the ratio "overnight stays/inhabitants": Rimini (85.4 kg
per capita), Bolzano (62.3 kg per capita), Venice (55.0 kg per capita) and Olbia (48.5
kg per capita).
The 85 cities surveyed, even though they represent just over a quarter of the national
population (28% in 2013), enclosing the main Italian tourist destinations and the
variations observed on this sample are crucial in influencing the trend of the national
tourism sector.
Keywords
Tourism, Environment, Cities