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  • The Flight of the Angel in Basilicata: an inspiring model of how to develop tourism

    Isa Grassano

    September 23, 2022 |

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    The Flight of the Angel attraction has helped the area to create more jobs and improve the economy through tourism. In 2007, when the attraction opened, there were only two restaurants and two hotels in the city. But now, there are about 50 bed and breakfasts, eight restaurants and over 130,000 visitors annually.

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  • Tourism in time of pandemic. How the Safar Project opened minds and borders

    Isa Grassano

    July 19, 2021 |

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    Response Location: Italy

    An Italian travel writer and a publishing house partnered to recreate the experience of travel to new places, providing tourists with a virtual experience and tour guides with a source of income to replace their lost businesses when the pandemic shut down actual travel. Called the Safar project (Arabic for travel), the service charges 15 euros for one and a half hour Zoom tours featuring live explanations and interactions with local people, limited only by time zones and cellular reception. An average of 50 tourists have signed on with the seven tour guides who have been recruited so far.

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