Finding a seat in restaurants, without having booked beforehand, will be a challenge. There won’t be full houses in the hotels, but hoteliers are hoping for full houses thanks to last minute bookings. If the weather lends a hand, and the forecast for the Easter weekend is currently good, “this first weekend of the season – assure Patrizia Rinaldis, president of the hoteliers’ association, and Antonio Carasso of Hotel Promotion – will be decidedly positive”. Requests “are intensifying in recent days – continues Carasso – and we are already at over 70 percent full, on average, in Rimini’s hotels”. There are around 400 hotels open for Easter in the city: fewer than in previous years. “With Easter so low, which arrives on March 31st, many seasonal hotels without heating remain closed, which in the past had made extraordinary openings for the Easter weekend”, observe Rinaldis and Carasso.
In Rimini many hotels will work especially with organized groups. The Pecci tournament and other sporting events bring thousands of athletes to the Riviera. The Paganello, the international frisbee championship on the beach, will also provide work for many hotels: this year 142 teams with 2 thousand athletes will participate. It is the absolute record for the event. “Without forgetting – underlines Carasso – the 9 thousand CL kids who will be in Rimini from today for spiritual exercises”. The young people from CL will stay in the city until Saturday morning. In addition to groups, we hope for last minute bookings from tourists who will choose Rimini to spend the Easter weekend. “The booking trend is good. The average stay in many hotels is 3 days – continues Carasso – Many will arrive tomorrow and leave on Monday, Easter Monday”. Numerous requests from families with children, who will take advantage of the weekend in Rimini to visit the theme parks, all open at Easter. Italians will have the lion’s share during this first long weekend of the season, but there will be no shortage of foreigners. According to a study by Confesercenti, in Italy the share of tourists from abroad is growing by 3.2% in 2023. “Our tourism – observes Fabrizio Vagnini, the provincial president of Confesercenti – continues to show growing performances, thanks to “increase of foreigners”.
