“The data for the first quarter of 2024 – explained councilor Remo Santini – highlight a further growth in tourist flows for Lucca, even exceeding the numbers for 2023, already considered extraordinary. The projections therefore suggest new record-breaking data after the boom 2023, in which unprecedented numbers had already been recorded for the city, with 349,703 arrivals, 934,184 presences and an increase of over 17% compared to 2022. The tourism office also followed and coordinated, among the numerous initiatives, also the filming of the international film by Peter Greenaway with Oscar winners Dustin Hoffman and Helen Hunt. As regards municipal mobility, the new Public Transport plan officially came into force in January which saw a decisive strengthening of the lines and routes with good results. 265 thousand km more. The administration has also introduced the Bike Sharing service in the area, managed by Ride Movie”.
“With a special ordinance, the Municipality has then reduced the time slots in which circulation will be permitted in the ZTL for loading and unloading goods. As regards the enhancement of the Walls, under the impetus of the councilor, Ri-Conoscire le Mura was born, the new project curated by the historian Roberta Martinelli for the enhancement of the sorties and the underground passages, while in the last year two symbolic places of the circle have been returned to the citizens, such as the Casa del Boia and the Antico Caffè delle Mura”.
