Monthly number of domestic tourist overnight stays in hotels in Italy 2019-2021
The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit the Italian tourism industry hard in 2020 and 2021. Due to the impact of the health crisis, the number of domestic overnight stays in hotels reached around 1.6 million in March 2020, decreasing from 6.5 million in the previous month. In April 2020, this figure dropped further, hitting the record low of 491 thousand. Over the summer months of 2020 and 2021, this scenario improved. In July 2021, domestic overnight stays in hotels rose to 21.8 million, increasing over 2020 and almost catching up with pre-pandemic levels.
