![]() Out of Italy's 58 heritage sites, 53 are cultural and 5 are natural. Italy is also the country with the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world (58). In addition, Venice and Florence are also among the world's top 100 destinations. Rome is the 3rd most visited city in Europe and the 12th in the world, with 9.4 million arrivals in 2017 while Milan is the 27th worldwide with 6.8 million tourists. Small, historical and artistic Italian villages are promoted through the association I Borghi piĆ¹ belli d'Italia (literally "The Most Beautiful Villages of Italy"). ![]() Winter and summer tourism are present in many locations in the Alps and the Apennines, while seaside tourism is widespread in coastal locations along the Mediterranean Sea. Nowadays the factors of tourist interest in Italy are mainly culture, cuisine, history, fashion, architecture, art, religious sites and routes, naturalistic beauties, nightlife, underwater sites and spas. For Italy, this was in order to study ancient architecture, local culture and to admire the natural beauties. This was a period in which European aristocrats, many of whom were British and French, visited parts of Europe, with Italy as a key destination. ![]() People have visited Italy for centuries, yet the first to visit the peninsula for tourist reasons were aristocrats during the Grand Tour, beginning in the 17th century, and flourishing in the 18th and 19th centuries. According to 2018 estimates by the Bank of Italy, the tourism sector directly generates more than five percent of the national GDP (13 percent when also considering the indirectly generated GDP) and represents over six percent of the employed. With 65 million tourists per year (2019) according to ISTAT, Italy is the fifth most visited country in international tourism arrivals. ![]() Tourism in Italy is one of the economic sectors of the country. The Amalfi Coast seen from Villa Cimbrone, in Ravello, Campania, one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy It is the world's 3rd biggest cathedral and took over five centuries to complete. The Colosseum in Rome, one of the most popular tourist attractions in the world The city of Venice, ranked many times as the most beautiful city in the world Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence Sassi di Matera Milan Cathedral is a busy tourist spot in Milan. ![]()
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