Abstract

The expansion of the information and availability of data on tourism have been included among the main objectives of the National Strategic Plan for Tourism 2017-22. This article follows up the national strategy by proposing actions. Specifically, we i) present some caveats about the suitability of the current system to support policymaking in the touristic sector; ii) propose possible guidelines on how to extend the Italian system of tourism statistics by exploiting existing data sources; iii) flesh out a set of concrete actions to operationalize the general objectives set by the National Strategic Plan, included the adoption of nowcasting models.