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Visit to the Local Tourism Board in Marina di Massa – 02/04/09
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Welcoming by the Local Tourism Board president, Mr. Tarantino
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Interview with Mr. Minuto , president of ConfTourist
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How long is the tourist season?
It’s about 6 months long (from Easter to the end of September/beginning of October)
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- What about peak and low season?
- Peak season is from the beginning of July to the end of August. -The other months (April, May, June, September, October)
represent low season.
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What kind of tourists come (families, young, old, domestic, foreign)? How long do they stay?
- During the low season most of tourists are secondary school students (participating to school trips) and third age people. They mainly come from:
Germany, Austria and Nederlands. In the peak season most of holidaymakers are represented by Italian middle-
class people.
-On average such visitors stay three days
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Why do they come? (For: seaside, mountain, lake, countryside, relaxation, art, nature, spa, other)
- Most visitors choose this area as they love seaside.
- Foreign students look for an accodomation here as a starting-point to see the marble quarries, the Cinqueterre and other Tuscan places (Lucca, 45
km; Pisa 45 km; Florence 110 km; Volterra, San Gimignano).
- Foreign individual tourists prefer the
seaside, the art towns and Cinqueterre.
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Which are the main types of accommodation: hotels, houses/flats/residences, farm
holidays, hostels, camping sites?
A – houses, flats, residences and hotels (near the seaside)B- camping sites: the camping area at Partaccia (between Marina di Carrara and Marina di Massa) is one of the largest in Italy: it has approximately a 20,000-bed capacityC - hostels (the hostel Turimar has a 1,300-bed capacity)D – Farm holidays (mainly located in Lunigiana, the northern part of Massa-Carrara province)E – Holiday facilities belonging to: various Associations/Religious Orders/Public Authorities
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Which are the favourite tourist spots?
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Seaside
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The quarries
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Trekking trails on the Apuan Alps
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The several Malaspina Castles
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Carrara centre
Prof. Alberto Rappelli