There are in Jesolo already 200 hotels open and waiting for the “Ironman” effect, on the Lido the beaches and trendy kiosks are already open, in Bibione free umbrellas and sunbeds are offered, while Chioggia and Sottomarina the focus is on trips into nature. After the long weekend of April 25th, affected by low temperatures, the main Venetian seaside resorts bet about the beginning of May and the descent of German-speaking tourists.
The flattening of the dunes
In Jesolo, the leveling of the dunes is underway and approximately two thirds of the total hotels are open but already starting from May 8th there will be over 300. To date, average occupancy stands at 55 percent, but for the weekend, thanks to Ironman 70.3, peaks of 70-75 are expected. the first real summer test however, it will be the Ascension, which falls on May 9th, which weather permitting should record a massive influx of German-speaking customers. Due to the low temperatures in Chioggia and Sottomarina the bridge of April 25th, which opened the 2024 bathing season, saw the beaches still uncrowded but the historic center full of visitors.
Cisa structures
By consolidated tradition, the tourist location offers an accommodation offer in which a role The campsites play an important role. The facilities of Cisa Camping Faita Nordest are 70 percent occupied and several bathing establishments on Gebis Chioggia beaches are already open. During the last «bridge» the occupancy rate of the pitches however, it exceeded 60 percent. «Our facilities are in the final stage of preparations — explains Gebis president Gianni Boscolo Moretto — even if there are already open establishments that offer all the services to welcome the many tourists who frequent the coast of Sottomarina and Isola Verde at weekends for their first taste of summer.”
The offers
Throughout the bridge of the First of May Bibione offers instead sunbeds and umbrellas are free. In total, 18,000 umbrellas and 36,500 sunbeds have been set up free of charge, while other beach services will have to wait until May 11th. Among the operators there is a climate of optimism: waiting for the Ascension, which will also mark the general opening of accommodation facilities in Bibione, one hotel in 3 is already open and for the month of May bookings are up 5 percent compared to last year. Meanwhile the municipal administration of San Michele al Tagliamento announces that the examination phase for the assignment of Bibione’s state concessions has been concluded, of which 4 are historic to Bibione Pineda, one already expired located in the most central area and one in Lido dei Pini, with an assignee. In the Bibione Pineda area, the outgoing concessionaire company was reconfirmed, while in the other two areas the assignment went to tourist companies from Bibione. In light of the offers received (from 2 to 3 for each lot) the Municipality evaluates it positively the outcome of the assignment. «The operators identified already have similar professional experiences behind them».
