ROMA (ITALPRESS) – “Today we celebrate the records of tourism, but we have to go beyond records and data. This government has passed from a vision of tourism as a holiday to structured industry where workers are central”. Thus the Minister of Tourism Gianmarco Mazzi at the Abruzzo stage of Bar Italia in Alba Adriatica.
For the minister “with the Meloni government the work in the sector came out of marginality and became an integral part of the industrial strategy of the nation. No more sum of separate activities but platform capable of generating growth, work, investments, territorial cohesion and international reputation. We have introduced measures to make more attractive, stable and dignified work in the sector, starting a path of recognition as never before.”
Mazzi remembered the numbers: “In 2025 the occupants in tourism increased by almost 7%, reaching 3.2 million between direct, indirect and induced. Compared to 2.7 million in 2022, the increase exceeds 18.5% from the government’s settlement. The shortage of staff was reduced from 350 thousand to 260 thousand units.”
“We intervened on wages with the supplemental treatment of 15% on night and festive for tourist-reception and thermal structures and detaxation of tips at 5%, with more than 1,000 euros a year for workers. No one before us had invested on what was a structural shortage in the sector, housing. We have realized the first big plan house of the workers of tourism: thanks to our interventions there will be 60 thousand beds at calming prices and beyond 3,500 new beds for an overall investment of 120 million euros”, Mazzi explained.
“We have focused on training because hospitality does not improvise, but it is an art and Italy on this is a teacher in the world: our workers are the business card of those who welcome a tourist, have the great responsibility to represent our country, so they deserve a continuous training that guarantees them an equally continuous growth. We invested over 20 million for highly qualified training – added the Minister of Tourism -. This government has launched the long-awaited reform of tourist guides, entered into live with two national exams, digitization of the National Elenco and new tesserino to counter abuse. The Meloni government also intervened against wage and contractual dumping. In 2026, the Decree-Law of May strengthens reference to the most representative collective agreements, connects access to incentives to the correct application of GCC, introduces transparency obligations on an applied contract and pay in job offers and provides adjustment mechanisms in case of expired contracts. It is an important step to distinguish regular work from illegal practices, pirate contracts and irregularities,” said the Minister of Tourism.
“Even contractual renewals confirm that regular tourist work cannot be confused with pathological phenomena that must be fought. The CCNL Tourism 2025-2027, undersigned by AICA, Federturismo Confindustria and the trade union organizations, previews an increase to regime of 200 euros per month for level C2, articulated in several tranche, besides a one-off of 450 euros. The CCNL Tourism applied by Federalberghi, FIPE, FAITA, Fiavet and Federreti covers more than 565 thousand employees according to the flows UNIEMENS 2025 – said Minister Mazzi -. Those who work in tourism do not perform an accessory function – Mazzi concluded – cares about hospitality, hospitality, reputation. Every worker represents Italy before the world. It does not protect the sector by describing it as a poor and precarious sector, but distinguishing those who respect the rules from those who circumvent them.”.
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