Palmisano and Laterza: "Still effects of the pandemic"
"The decision to close discos and dance halls at a key moment of the year, included in the Festivity Decree, is a fatal blow for us managers". Mino Palmisano, CasaImpresa Taranto joins the chorus of representatives of the category who, in every part of Italy, protest at the choice of the Government.
"The double vaccination and the swab would have been appropriate, and would have kept together the need to avoid the increase in infections and that of the managers to keep the premises open, not exposing them once again to the risk of failure".
“It is underestimated - continues the note from Palmisano - that the collection of these days would have served to cover many deadlines, therefore to keep the activities going; just as we do not consider at all how much every entrepreneur in the sector has invested in view of the festive evenings: with reference to the artists (payment of the same, as well as transport costs), the hiring of staff and the supply of alcohol ".
“All this - concludes Palmisano - inevitably feeds the proliferation of abusive parties, which obviously become occasions for out-of-control aggregation and therefore a source of dangerous transmission of the virus”.
If Athens cries, Sparta does not laugh. In fact, the condition of restaurants and hotels is not very different from this, even though they were waiting for this period to breathe a sigh of relief. They do not close, but they experience a very heavy drop in attendance in the structures. To intervene in this regard is Giampiero Laterza, coordinator of the tourism sector of CasaImpresa. “First of all it should be emphasized that the Festivity Decree unfortunately brings with it not a little confusion because it is not always accompanied by clarifications and explanations that can enable customers to have a precise idea of what is possible to do. Having said that, we can move on to the cold numbers that very clearly tell us the current situation: about 10/15% of bookings have instead been canceled due to infections or contacts with infected people, and therefore quarantines, but also for fears and fears. linked to an objective fact: the virus unfortunately continues to circulate ".
“In conclusion then, let's sum up and verify that that movement in restaurants has occurred but not as expected, practically insignificant in hotels instead. Besides a few reservations, only for the night of December 31, unfortunately, we do not register anything else. We continue - concludes Laterza - to live and suffer the effects of a ferocious pandemic in this way ”.