Abstract
Since 2008 the Italian nautical industry has gone through a period of uninterrupted crisis with serious consequences both of an economic nature and in terms of loss of jobs. In particular, the sector of pleasure boating has undergone profound upheaval which has essentially affected three areas.
The non-renewal of the fleet due to a sharp decrease in new registrations is the first. The second is the inability to modify the port supply and number of berths, given that ports are in fact a stock of long-term real estate. This has resulted in falling prices and a difficult economic and financial situation for port managers. The third concerns boaters, the driving force of nautical tourism, who responded immediately to the general crisis with a change in behaviour, devoting less time and money to boating. This disaffection has been further aggravated by legislation that has proved almost hostile and heavily punitive towards boaters and boating in general.
Finally, since 2014–2015 the Italian Government seems to have changed course and has cancelled some vexatious rules (which weakened public finances) thus giving new hope to the shipyards and to boaters: the first challenge will be to bring back on board the 40,000 boaters who have deserted.
The contribution to the paper and paragraphs 1 and 6 are the result of a joint effort. Credit for paragraph 2 goes to E. Ivaldi, for paragraph 5 to R. Soliani and for paragraphs 3 and 4 to G. M. Ugolini
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Notes
- 1.
Units without prior registration refer to the provisions of the Legislative Decree 18 July 2005, n. 171 (Code of Yachting) that identifies precisely “pleasure crafts” with rowing units or hulls less than 10 m in length.
- 2.
These are registrations with the Uffici Marittimi and the Motorizzazione Civile, as reported on the annual journal Il diporto nautico in Italia.
- 3.
Here the term port is used indifferently to indicate each of the three types identified above.
- 4.
For example we have not taken into account the fact that about 10 % of the berths are to be reserved for transit and that moreover, there is certainly a number of crafts which, for various reasons, are no longer able to navigate or that have been disposed of, and that therefore do not need a berth.
- 5.
It is the introduction in late 2011 of the mooring fee which affected not only the ownership of berths but also the stationing in ports, regardless of flag and even the nationality of the owner.
- 6.
Direct survey by the National Nautical Observatory
- 7.
The values refer to the survey carried out among boaters who keep their boat in the marina, which is the most structured and specialized type of tourist port.
- 8.
CENSIS and National Nautical Observatory
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Ivaldi, E., Soliani, R., Ugolini, G.M. (2017). The Effects of the Crisis on Nautical Tourism: An Analysis of the Italian Situation Regarding Port Features, Linked Economic Activities and Taxation. In: Hacioğlu, Ü., Dinçer, H. (eds) Global Financial Crisis and Its Ramifications on Capital Markets. Contributions to Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47021-4_40
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