Tourism from summer numbers for the Sardinian cities that will host the great New Year's concerts.
Almost sold out in the days close to the 31st in Alghero, Olbia and Cagliari . In the Catalan city there are concerts by Lazza and Max Pezzali, in Gallura Emma Marrone goes, in the capital Blanco .
It is above all the Sardinians who move from South to North and vice versa. But there are also several arrivals from beyond the Tyrrhenian Sea, many see the New Year's Eve shows as an opportunity for a mini-holiday on the island.
" Especially internal tourism - explains the president of Federalberghi Sud Sardegna Fausto Mu r a -, also because there is a problem of connections with a number of flights that has been drastically reduced since the end of October ".
«The real full house – continues Mura, who dampens the enthusiasm – is only for New Year's Eve. And above all the hotels in the cities that host major events are open, 15% of the total . Inside there are small hotels that open for a clientele established over the years, a niche phenomenon. For the others it is not convenient to open for a few days ».
Traffic at Cagliari airport is important, from 23 December to 8 January more than 150 thousand passengers are expected , which will exceed those registered last year and will approach 2019 levels.
Overall, from 1 January to 15 December 2022, there were 4,252,390 travelers who landed or took off at the main Sardinian airport, 1,641,302 more than in the same period of 2021 : the year-on-year increase in traffic was 62 .86%, values that are close to the historical record of 2019.
Going back to the period 23 December - 8 January, the airports of Northern Sardinia are also doing well, with an estimated flow of around 90,000 passengers : 50,000 at Alghero, 41,000 at Olbia. The data for the month of November are also comforting, when around 132,000 passengers passed through the two airports (+4% compared to the same period of 2019).
In detail, 73,307 passengers passed through Alghero with a + 5% compared to 2019, passengers at the Olbia airport were 58,077, + 4% compared to November 2019.
(Unioneonline/L)
