Tourism: Schiavon (Federalberghi Veneto), ‘heavy damage from expensive energy, find a solution immediately’

Expensive energy is significantly affecting the entire hotel category, without distinction of companies. Whether it is large or small, family-run or large groups, the burden of the bill is becoming a very heavy burden which, together with the inflation phenomenon, indisputably damages one of the most economically affected categories in recent years. Federalberghi Veneto has been working for a few weeks on a dossier on expensive energy and, with the start of the new year, will propose a series of meetings on the Pnrr theme, to offer all entrepreneurs in the sector an overview of the current state, and a possible solution deriving from future investments in the tourism sector. ” The problem – explains Massimiliano Schiavon, president of Federalberghi Veneto – is that, on the one hand, the increase in costs deriving from a situation that is now beyond the state of alert is certain, on the other hand it is not it is not clear how the NRR will bring benefits to the individual entrepreneur in terms of energy saving and sustainability. If sustainability is not coupled with the real possibility of investing and saving, the fear is that an entire slice of this business world, which is made up mostly of family traditions, will be forced to choose what is more convenient between closing and to survive. I don’t expect a short-term solution because I have a duty to be realistic, but that this category is listened to and understood is primarily a duty of the ruling class and the political class ”.