Coronavirus, tour guides fear serious repercussions on tourism in Italy due to emergency

The coronavirus emergency could cause serious repercussions for the tourism industry. Denouncing it is Adina Persano, president of theNational Association of Tourist Guides (ANGT): the risk is that the prolonged closures of activities and the blockades that other countries are already moving against Italy will cause damage to tourism in our country. “The tourist season,” Persano stresses, “risks being severely compromised, with cancellations increasing by the hour. Tourism, the backbone of the Italian economy, is living in turmoil, shaken in every component, and Tourist Guides, more than any other operator in the sector, are also at risk of being greatly damaged because they are deprived of any social shock absorber. The ANGT will intervene on behalf of the category in every governmental forum, studying and appealing right away, to the competent ministers, to participate in the crisis tables and put in place initiatives to support the tourist guides: deferment of payment of tax obligations, INPS contributions, allowances for non-payment, income and cancellation of professional services.”

However, Persano calls for calm and common sense, while taking due and proper precautions. “Let us force ourselves,” he concludes, “not to erase anything from the 2020 calendar, let us at least try, trusting that the contours of the national situation, in a few days, will likely appear less tragic and distressing. We hope to be the first association to deliver this good news.”

Coronavirus, tour guides fear serious repercussions on tourism in Italy due to emergency

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