Number of state museum visitors in Italy 2019-2022, by region
Lazio was the Italian region with the highest number of museum visitors in Italy between 2019 and 2022. While attendance in this region experienced a sharp annual increase in 2022, following a dramatic drop due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, it remained below pre-pandemic levels, totaling 22.5 million. Campania and Tuscany followed in the ranking in 2022, with roughly 8.5 million and 6.6 million visitors, respectively.
What are the most visited museums in Italy?
In 2022, the Colosseum in Rome (Lazio) ranked as the most visited museum in Italy, with just under 10 million visitors. That year, the Uffizi Gallery in Florence (Tuscany) and the archaeological sites of Pompeii (Campania) followed in the ranking. Overall, while attendance at the Colosseum surpassed pre-pandemic levels, visitors at the Uffizi and Pompeii did not catch up yet with the figures from 2019, despite growing significantly over the previous year.
Has the income of museums in Italy recovered from the impact of COVID-19?
As with the number of visitors to museums and similar cultural institutions in Italy, the total income of state museums in Italy also bounced back in 2022 but remained below pre-pandemic levels, exceeding 230 million euros. That said, some institutions, like the Colosseum or the Museo Egizio in Turin, among the Italian tourist attractions with the highest income that year, recorded higher figures than in 2019.