The Prime Minister Mario Draghi is certainly not the type who, when making forecasts, easily indulges in Pindaric flights: on the contrary, he is a pragmatic type who always moves with his feet on the ground so much so that, at the head of the European Central Bank, he was dubbed "the monetary sphinx" as early as ten years ago, at the time of the Jackson Hole summit, deep in Wyoming. It will, therefore, be several months before the President of the Council can venture to predict a certain economic recovery with a turnaround capable of giving us some serenity after the Covid storm. Mind you, SuperMario is right to be very cautious, but that does not detract from the fact that something is moving: although we cannot yet turn the page definitively, small signs of clearing up are already being felt on the horizon in some sectors.
Toward the summer season
Such is the case with tourism in Italy: perhaps the worst is over. To tell the truth, these are just feelings, with no real official data in hand, which make us less pessimistic, hoping of course that the pandemic situation will continue to improve as well. The fact remains that it is not far-fetched to foresee, with next summer, a discrete upswing for the vacation industry that continues to be the flagship of "made Italy."
The case of the beaches of Romagna
Just in these days, in fact, I saw some beaches in Romagna that have always been at the top of our tourist offer: I found many tour operators with the engine running to restart. If only until a few days ago, everything seemed desolately empty and abandoned in the land of "Amarcord," with May Day there was a reopening like any "normal" year; in some locations the streets in the center were even closed to allow aperitifs with music for young people. Not only that: in many towns on the Romagna coast the offer of summer apartments for rent is already now "full," also because families do not have many alternative choices considering that it will still be very difficult to plan vacation trips abroad.
