Tourism, 1 out of 3 Italians is looking for houses or villas

With the arrival of the Green Pass, the desire for holidays and travel starts again but this year 1 out of 3 Italians is looking for houses and villas so as to increase the online searches of non-hotel facilities by + 153% in April and May. From the data collected by Volagratis.com emerges a growing interest in non-hotel facilities, which offer stays in alternative accommodation such as apartments, aparthotels, country villas, guest houses, bed & breakfasts, many of which are also built in former convents, on boats, immersed in the vineyards. “These are solutions that ensure not only privacy, but also more space, security and freedom to better organize your stay” underline the analysts of the pioneering flight search site. Research relating to non-hotel facilities has grown in particular in the last two months, coinciding with the restart of tourism, reaching + 192% between March and April 2021 and + 153% from April to May 2021, a sign that the desire to escape and living new experiences is getting stronger among Italians, especially after a year marked by the health emergency. Furthermore, unusual accommodations have also recorded an increase in terms of bookings, which now represent 33% of the total against 20% in 2020 and 24% in 2019. But it is a trend that does not conquer only Italians: even the travelers from across the border, who represent about 3% of bookings, want to live original experiences in our country. Of these, around 24% booked alternative accommodation for their trip, a slightly higher percentage than in other countries (21%). Groups made up of two couples, who choose particular non-hotel facilities in 41% of cases, are focused more on holidays in freedom, followed closely by families (40%) and other groups (36%). At the top of the classification by type, however, with 26% of preferences, there are apartments, which guarantee greater freedom and privacy for guests, followed by Bed & Breakfast (23%), aparthotels and guest houses (14%) and resorts (12%). Speaking of destinations, however, on the podium of travelers’ favorite destinations for “unusual” holidays are Puglia (which also records + 500% compared to May 2019), Tuscany (+ 89%) and Basilicata (with Matera at +443 %), where bookings for non-hotel facilities exceeded 50% of the total. Trentino-Alto Adige and the Venice area follow with 33%. But what are the most particular accommodations in Italy? Volagratis.com tells about the most original non-hotel facilities scattered throughout the boot, from the Sassi of Matera to the gulets of Venice passing through the former monasteries of Umbria and the tree houses of Trentino-Alto Adige.