Giuridico e Amministrativo

🏖️ Daniela Santanchè, Italian Minister of Tourism, celebrates International Tour Guide Day, highlighting the crucial role of tour guides as ambassadors of Italian culture and identity. She emphasizes their contribution to peace and understanding between diverse nations and cultures. Recently, an awaited professional qualification call received nearly 17,000 applications in just twenty days, demonstrating government support for the sector and investment in the future of Italian tourism.

📍 In Florence, Alessandra Signori, Vice President of Property Managers Italia, addressed the city council's economic development committee on the tourism rental sector. Signori cited Tuscany's top ranking in Italy for tourism reputation according to the Regional Tourism Reputation Index by Demoskopika. She emphasized the need for clear regulations to balance residents' quality of life and tourists' experience, calling for constructive dialogue and not a "crusade against an entire sector.

🏖 Federalberghi Garda Veneto and Associazione Albergatori Garda commend Garda's allocation of the tourist tax for maintenance of roads, public green areas, beaches, and municipal buildings. Ivan De Beni, president of Federalberghi Garda Veneto, highlights the importance of a well-maintained welcoming area for attracting visitors in a competitive market. Luigi Zermini, president of Associazione Albergatori Garda, appreciates the Administration's effort to improve livability for residents and tourists. The associations emphasize reinvestment of tourism tax in tangible improvements.

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🚀 An aircraft, a CRJ900 operated by Endeavor Air from Delta Airlines, flipped on the runway at Toronto Airport during landing, impacting 76 passengers and 4 crew members who were safely evacuated. The incident resulted in 18 injured individuals taken to nearby hospitals. Authorities are investigating potential causes, including bad weather and ice. Toronto Airport staff advise passengers to check flight statuses before traveling.

🛤 Restrictions on cruise ships in Nice, set to start in the summer, ban ships with at least 900 passengers from docking at the ports of Nice and Villefranche-sur-Mer. CLIA is urging reconsideration of these restrictions, aimed at addressing overtourism and pollution. General Manager of CLIA Europe, Samuel Maubanc, advocates for a holistic approach to tourism management. Nice's Mayor, Christian Estrosi, stands firm against polluting cruises that contribute low spending and waste.

🏆 Smartbox launched new packages for couples and families for Carnival, offering over 14,000 experiences, including city and rural stays, dinners, wellness, and sporty activities. The 'Magiche emozioni per due' targets couples, while '2 giorni in famiglia' caters to 2 adults and 1-2 children with a night's stay and breakfast in 3 or 4-star agritourisms and hotels, focusing on Italian cities and European destinations like Granada and Nantes.

🚠 On February 10, at the BIT convention titled "Tourist Buses and Limited Traffic Zones: A Possible Coexistence (?)", a report revealed the increasing complexity and costliness of regulations for tourist buses in both large and small cities. These restrictions have hindered the development of collective road tourism, especially in cities like Rome, Florence, and Venice, where bus tourists paying triple compared to other transport modes due to a uniform accommodation tax. Federturismo Confindustria President, Marina Lalli, emphasized the need for a new approach to promote and regulate bus access to urban centers. A decree from the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport to standardize and cap ZTL (Limited Traffic Zone) tariffs and a single portal for ZTL rules and rates across Italian cities were suggested as solutions.

✈️ Ryanair, aiming to reduce airport management costs, will require passengers to use digital boarding passes from May, disallowing physical check-in desk printing, previously available for a 23-euro fee. Hand luggage exceeding 40x20x25 cm will incur up to a 70-euro fine. Missing a flight results in a 120-euro penalty, avoidable by arriving at least 40 minutes before departure. Priority Boarding remains available for an additional carry-on or paid luggage check-in.

🗻 At Catania airport, flight operations partially resumed after Etna's eruption disruptions. The crisis unit closed airspace sector B11 until 15:00, reopening previously closed airspaces. Passengers must verify flight status with airlines before heading to the airport. Within the last 24 hours, 32 flights were diverted and airport sector C1 reopened on Sunday, February 16. Airlines including Lufthansa and easyJet cancelled various national and international flights.