The third Italian island is a very popular tourist destination, in fact, from mid-June until the start of the school for many years the island of Elba is always full and less than thirty thousand residents suddenly go to around three hundred thousand visitors. The Italians are about 70% of admissions, foreigners are mostly German and Swiss, but also Austrian and Dutch. Statistics from the province say that visitors are distributed fairly evenly between hotels (about 55%) and other extra-hotel facilities, among which are very important the rents, consisting of apartments available from Easter to October. The rentals are an important element, as most tourists prefer to stay at least a week in the island.
The difference between the prices of the low season (until mid-June and mid-September onwards) and the high season (the three summer months) is sometimes really significant. One apartment for 6 people can also increase by three times the price and can go four hundred euros in May to more than twelve hundred in the week of August: it is the law of supply and demand is said to be the law of the holiday apartment. The same thing happens for the cheapest prices. The invisible hand of the market, however, is always in motion and in recent years something is changing in the beautiful and precious island of Elba.
The fact that the central weeks of summer are not only the most costly, but also some overcrowding in some resorts, a sustained and increased traffic "haste"in certain services such as shops and restaurants, have convinced more and more visitors, those who may decide their vacation periods in the alternative canon July-August, to redirect their holidays on the Island of Elba, or before or after the hottest months, getting a double economic and quality benefit. In fact, many times in the past in June and September, especially in the first two weeks of June and in the last two of September , the apartments were not rented on the island: now it does not happen anymore, so in terms of tourism the island has acquired a better continuity.
As tourism is made up mostly of families, specially the apartments on the Island of Elba holiday are those who have profited by tourism in a longer period and one indicator of this trend is the fact that many tourism operators see a drop in requests in peak season and a parallel increase in short breaks in low season, a time exclusive of foreign visitors and is now fully involves our countrymen. The redress of prices and a more rational distribution of admissions can only bring benefits to the island and its guests, so in this case we can say that the invisible laws governing the economy are also working in favor of improving the quality of life or better, the holidays. All this is good for the island itself, given that since there was this balance the number of tourists are increasing, and even foreigners are back, for example the Dutch, who for some years had left the island since was too expensive. It is said that in every sector, including tourism, there must be a balanced market, which the law of supply and demand warrants, we can now say that this state is part of the touristic reality of the island.
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