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Feature: Veteran tour guide bets big on recovery of Italy s tourism sector despite coronavirus impact - Xinhua
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2020-12-19 13:05:15 GMT2020-12-19 21:05:15(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
ROME, Dec. 19 (Xinhua) Veteran tour guide Elisa Valeria Bove is betting big on Italy s tourism sector making a comeback once the coronavirus pandemic runs its course.
Bove, who worked as a freelance tour guide for a decade, decided this summer to buy the main tour agency she worked for Roma Experience, when it was on the brink of closing down for good.
The decision, she said, was counter-intuitive. Almost every business that depends on tourism in Italy not just tour companies, but airlines, hotels, restaurants, bars, and souvenir shops has seen business drain away in recent months. According to data from the World Travel & Tourism Council, the lack of tourism sparked by the pandemic is costing Italy as much as 100 million euros (122 million U.S. dollars) per day, impacting some 2.8 million jobs nationally.