On October 31, many hotels welcomed the 2022 summer season which this year, thanks to the high temperatures, extended until the bridge of November 1.

Over seven months of tourism with numbers very close to those of 2019 “even if we remain at -10% in terms of attendance and with arrivals a few percentage points below – the regional president and national vice president of Federalberghi Paolo Manca explains to ANSA – The economic results are certainly better and a pre-pandemic trend has resumed, but we must consider the final surprise of the expensive bills that have eliminated revenues “.

“The increase in non-compressible costs between energy and raw materials leaves a bitter taste in the mouth – explains Manca – and the safeguarding buffer for companies in the sector has not begun to be built again, some of which fear they will not be able to reopen for the 2023 season also given the advance of inflation.

Currently only 20% of the structures remain open on the island with just under 15% of the beds, but despite the favorable climate there may not be the economic conditions to go on, so much so that we see some more annual structures that decide to stop already now “.

Therefore, hoteliers’ fears for 2023 are increasing. “We will have a contraction of the Italian market due to the obvious effects of inflation and for this reason it is necessary to sterilize the increases in the bill but also to resume in an important way that diversification strategy to go decisively on the markets foreign countries “, observes Manca, according to whom the watchword must be" stability “in territorial communication and promotion, in connections for transport and in employment relationships to avoid the escape of professionals in the sector".

“If we don’t communicate today that Sardinia has been open since April – explains Federalberghi’s number one – we won’t have time to become an attractive destination: we have to repeat indefinitely that the island is usable at least 7 months a year, which is a realistic medium-term objective, then we need the certainty of presenting the air routes for the next summer season as soon as possible, including the routes to Rome and Milan which have the greatest connections with international flights. Finally, stability at work is urgently needed – he warns Missing – Either we are able to stabilize and give certainty to the workers, or we will continue to have restaurants that do not open because they do not have staff and less and less professionalism in the accommodation facilities “.