Versilia - The house of Teresa, if you look sharp, is among those that are there, a few meters on the sea of \u200b\u200bumbrellas scattered Fiumetto in August of this fire. But to see it from above, the glow of the Versilia beach does not evaporate the spectrum of crisis. On the one hand combed bathrooms and half-empty which sos launch the resort management of the economy, the crowding of the other a weekend of low-cost. "I rent this year I had to lower the price, a ten per cent, but I had to," says Teresa Balder, one of the many home owners who are shorting out marinate the turnover of rentals in Versilia. Grill on the global downturn in late September could be pulverized 2 million visitors. From Viareggio to Forte dei Marmi, real estate agents speak of a decline ranging from 20 to 30 percent. Empty houses, especially the homes of middle class or upper middle. In a city like Viareggio - make an example by APT - until a few years ago in the summer went from 64 thousand to 180 thousand inhabitants, the crisis 40 thousand may have made to disappear. "The collapse - said John Lombardi, president of real estate in Forte dei Marmi - is due to the exodus of the middle class. A phenomenon in progress for some years, more time has come the long wave of crisis. " Missing the lawyer or the merchant. "White Collar Lombard or Tuscan that the fort was used to accommodate the villas of about 7 thousand euro per month. Do we save with the Russians and the Italians who rent the mega industrial houses, "Maria Rosa Nardini confesses Study House.
Pietrasantaa From Marina di Viareggio, where prices are lower (between 5 and start down to
€ 2 thousand in the city's train crash), things are no better, and all point the finger at a specific charge, the owners: "There are those who made the balances at the last moment and who, rather than lower prices, did not even rented, "the agency said in Victory Fiumetto. The negative trend does not save the hosts. Last week, the Federalberghi Tuscany has released the latest figures of 2009: "I'm also drop in arrivals, but has dropped especially the number of appearances - says President Paul Corchia - the latest survey indicates a less than 7% of overnight stays in accommodation . There is a tendency to take very short holidays, the average is 5 days. In most American tourists are gone and the British and the Russians are less than last year. We survive with the Italians that the crisis has eased pockets and imposed holiday in the country and not abroad. These figures have an impact in the employment field. This year no one dared to hire a cook or a waiter anymore. " 
The numbers also concerned Apt local leaders: "They mean less than 200 thousand in attendance - says Massimo Lucchesi, president of the agency for tourism - but it is a fact that must be added to the summer vacation, that we are the lion's share when calculating the number of days decides to spend every holiday in a villa in Versilia. Eleven million visitors, Versilia is used to accommodate almost 8 in second homes or homes that residents leave to make room for tourists cower in the hinterland. According to APT this year will not be exceeded six million, two million visitors evaporated. 'Agents and owners have adjusted to the market - continues Lucchesi - almost no one is held to be rented on a weekly basis, but the villagers do not exist anymore. " Now expects September. The financial bubble burst with the subprime may have eaten a pie millionaire.
Published by Mario Blacks on Florence Republic (11/08/2009)
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