Giuridico e Amministrativo

🎄 In Italy, 11.5 million nationals will spend the Christmas and New Year holidays away from home in 2024, an increase from 2023. Coldiretti/Ixè research shows a longer average holiday duration of 6 days, with 44% using a second home and 20% staying within their region. Spending is up 12%, averaging €674 per person.

💸 According to the Mastercard Economics Institute's 2025 Outlook, the global economy is expected to moderately accelerate, seeing a 3.2% growth compared to 3.1% in 2024. In Italy, there's a shift in consumer spending with a 1.4% decrease in international travel expenses, a preference for fast food over traditional restaurants by 1.3%, and a 1.2% drop in luxury goods expenditure, particularly in clothing. Despite a challenging 2024, digital payments in Italy grew, reaching between 465 and 475 billion euros, equaling cash for the first time and potentially surpassing it in 2025. The "travel twins" trend emerges, with travelers choosing less expensive or less crowded destinations, like Dublin over London. Rome and Milan remain top winter choices for tourists from the Middle East, Africa, and North America. Italians' Winter Top 5 includes Budapest, Tenerife, Sharm El Sheikh, Abu Dhabi, and Krakow. For more information: [Mastercard Economic Outlook 2025](https://www.mastercard.com/news/europe/it-it/redazione/comunicati-stampa/it-it/mastercard-economic-outlook-2025-tendenze-e-previsioni-macroeconomiche-dal-mastercard-economics-institute/)

💰 Italy's tax revenue from the tourist tax is expected to reach €976 million in 2024 and is projected to increase to nearly €1.06 billion in 2025, marking a +7.8% year-over-year growth. The increase is attributed to the Jubilee in Rome and the addition of 25 municipalities imposing the tax, totaling 1,315 municipalities. The Lazio region leads with €295 million, a +55.6% increase from 2023, followed by Lombardy (€108 million), Tuscany (€100.3 million), and Veneto (€98 million). For more information, visit: https://www.jfc.it/.

✈ A new embarkation tax of €0.50 per passenger for flights to non-EU countries will be imposed at Italian airports: Fiumicino, Malpensa, Bergamo, Napoli, Venezia, Catania, and likely Linate and Bologna by 2025. The tax applies to airports with over 10 million passengers, starting April 1 to coincide with the summer schedule. Expected revenue is over €5 million in the first year and €8 million in the second, funding infrastructure and road works in the affected cities and metropolitan areas.

❄ Employees of Swissport at Leeds airport are set to strike from December 19 to January 4, potentially suspending operations. The strike, involving 50 ramp agents, is due to a dispute over winter period payments, including de-icing duties. Ryanair flights might be the most affected.

🚤 In 2023, the nautical sector's revenue reached a historic high of €8.33 billion, a €1 billion increase from 2022, with export records at €4.23 billion. A Rome meeting on December 12, 2024, highlighted growth normalization for 2024, with positive prospects, especially for the superyacht sector. The forecast for superyachts in 2024 is 75% positive, whereas other segments up to 24 meters see a 60% contraction, with a possible market rebound in spring 2025.

🏀 United Airlines to launch flights from New Jersey to Nuuk, Greenland next spring. Greenland's airline capacity to nearly double from current year to 105,000 seats between April and August next year. Greenland's population is just over 56,000, spread across 2,166,000 square kilometers. In 2018, Greenland invested $700 million in building three airports to boost tourism. In 2023, foreign tourism brought in more than $270 million, with Nuuk offering fewer than 600 hotel rooms. A potential shortage of rooms is expected by 2027. New tourism legislation may be introduced in 2025, allowing local communities to limit tourism and ensure tour operators pay taxes in Greenland.

📌 The Italian Ministry of Interior's circular has highlighted the importance of in-person verification ("de visu") for guest identification during check-in processes. Article 109 of TULPS requires accommodation managers to identify guests with valid documents and submit data to the "Alloggiati Web" portal. OK Home offers technology that can supplement the "de visu" check, making the process more efficient without compromising safety. Their online check-in systems collect and validate guest data before arrival, employ OTP digital signature, use advanced algorithms for document-selfie verification, and offer remote verification via video call. The Ministry's circular aims to limit the misuse of unregulated methods like keyboxes and insecure document transmission via WhatsApp. OK Home's solutions maintain data safety with certified protocols and enhance the in-person recognition experience. The company suggests certification of technologies, pilot projects in hospitality facilities, and collaboration between institutions and operators to ensure security and innovation in the tourism sector. ????

🚀 Air India placed an order with Airbus for a total of 10 A350 and 90 A320 aircraft, adding to a series of record orders from the past months. Last year alone, they ordered 470 new planes, including 250 from Airbus and the rest from Boeing, indicating a growth strategy focused on both long-haul and short-haul expansion, reminiscent of China's aviation growth twenty years ago.

📍 Starting in March 2025, Wizz Air will launch five new routes from Venice to Madrid, Barcelona, Athens, Sharm el Sheikh, and Budapest, thanks to an additional Airbus A321neo joining the Venice fleet, making two such aircrafts for the summer season. This expansion, highlighted by Managing Director Mauro Peneda, will provide over 500,000 additional seats annually, increasing capacity by nearly 80% and raising Wizz Air's market share at Venice to 10%. Daily flights to Madrid and Barcelona and thrice-weekly flights to Sharm, Athens, and Budapest are planned, alongside an increase in Chisinau flights from three to four times weekly. Since its first flight from Milan to Katowice in 2004, Wizz Air has transported more than 90 million passengers to and from Italy.