Music tourism up in Italy in 2015
A report commissioned by industry group Assomusica reveals a 6% increase in the number of music tourists last year, with 2.7% coming from overseas
News By IQ | 26 July 2016
There was a significant increase in music tourism in Italy last year, with 6% more people travelling from another part of the country to attend a concert or festival.
Of the 6.1 million concert tickets sold in 2015, 31.4% were bought by people from outside the region where the event was held, many of them travelling over 200km (124mi) to attend, reveals a report commissioned by Italian industry association Assomusica.
Additionally, the report found that around 2.7% of concertgoers came from abroad.
According to Assomusica,…
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