TERNI – Sunday 28 April is check out day in the accommodation facilities of Southern Umbria. «Well, we are saying goodbye to our guests right now – confirms Doda Teresa Liguori, of the Guesthouse Runcini – our facility has filled up for the long weekend of the 25th April like the others in Valnerina”. At Gabbio, in that renovated village one meter from the sky and ten kilometers from the Marmore Falls, in the municipality of Ferentillo, record attendance. Which however will not see a repeat for the May 1st long weekend. «We have new arrivals since Tuesday, but not very many», again Doda Liguori. «And it’s a shame that the municipalities don’t improve services in the most attractive tourist sites in the area. It’s a shame because we do a lot and then the guests complain.” Obviously the reference is not to the municipality of Ferentillo, but to that of Terni. The reference is to the chaos, documented by Umbria7, due to the absence of shuttles and local police controls over the past weekend. «The tourists walked between the cars, along the road, to visit the park by paying a 12 euro ticket. I believe that services need to be improved.”
April 25th is an easy long weekend for us hoteliers in Terni – explains Elisabetta Ruozi Berretta, provincial president of Federalberghi – because when there is a sporting event like the one taking place at the Pala Tennistavolo Aldo De Santis the rooms are all sold and not at the last minute. Reservations arrive early and are always confirmed.” The Italian under 17, under 15, under 13 and under 11 table tennis championships are taking place in Terni from the 25th to the 30th. We are talking about 500 athletes, 500 families (those of the competing athletes), coaches and a lot of spectators.
«A winning combination», for Ruozi Berretta, the long weekend of April 25th with the favorable weather forecast and the sporting event at De Santis. However, the May 1st long weekend is uncertain, both for the hotel and non-hotel sectors, including at Lake Piediluco. Stroncone, Otricoli and Narni were instead the protagonists of the “Linea Verde” broadcast which allows millions of viewers to immerse themselves in the green sea of Umbria. So the hotel sector is doing well, especially when tourism promotion initiatives are planned.
