Preserving places' The case of Rome: analysis and perspectives

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Preserving places. The case of Rome analysis
and perspectives

• Armando Montanari, Department of European and
  Intercultural Studies Rome Sapienza University

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Rome urban tourism 2007 about 20,000,000
overnights 2006/2007 arrivals and overnights
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2007-2008 10 Municipality dreaming
30,000,000 (2013)
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Venice, residents 1951 - 2008
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Tourists vs Excursionists
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Cruisers (Civitavecchia-Roma)

• 2000 zero
• 2004 660.000
• 2007 1.500.000
• 2008 1.800.000 esp.

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• Civitavecchia - Rome

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Theatre centurion (Colosseum)
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Spanish Steps
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Gladiator (2000)
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Next step (???)

• Old Rome theme park
• A plastic old Rome located 70 km North
• The tourist involvement driving a biga on the
  Circus or
• swimming in the Thermal Baths

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Survey

• 4500 interviews
• from France, UK, Russia, Cina, Japan, USA
• 35 expressed their interest in such a theme park
  plastic Rome

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Paradoxes

• the city of Rome like Disneyland (???)
• There is the necessity of a City manager(!)
• .. and not of a Lord Mayor (!!!!!!!!!)
• excursionists more numerous than tourists (???)
• there is a consumption mobility (!)
• .. comparable to production mobility (!)