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Dionora DIEGO Last weekend of May of Monuments, last chance to fill hotel rooms. A review on the planning of events sponsored by the City, and their ability to influence the flow of tourists in the city, will be made after the exhibition, but the weather in the hospitality sector are already there, and are far from rosy. So much so that the abacus, the association of B & Bs and guest houses in Campania, is preparing a class action against the State for not having been treated in other economic entities in the eventual award of damages to compensate the economic loss caused by the waste crisis. The action will be initiated in early June. The president, Agostino Ingenito, reports that data speak for themselves, such as "1,200 beds for bed & breakfast in Naples almost never employed." The Monuments in May did nothing to remedy this void because, he said Ingenito, "the first weekend we had 60 percent of seats booked, now we do not reach 40, and the issue of waste has to do and how, because in recent years in this period, beyond the cultural events, we recorded always full. " Foreigners see it around, but many prefer to see the city from the bus Citysightseeing, and many do not stay in Naples. Information from the gazebo in Town Hall Square confirms this and say that most of the passengers disembarking from a cruise and only a hit and run visit to Naples, to move immediately to Pompeii, Sorrento and on islands. One thing on which the director agrees EPT, Dario Scalabrini, "As confirmed bookings for this weekend we have nearly sold out in Sorrento and Ischia, Naples while we stop at 50 percent." These forecasts, and budgets? "There's not much to do budgets - admits Scalabrini - you have to roll up sleeves. Bad weather and waste there have certainly helped, but we must not underestimate the general economic crisis that is hitting all of Italy. Foreigners moving with low cost but the Italians traveling mostly by car and the increase in gasoline has reduced the economic capacity to take a trip. " Do not talk about oil, but of policy and organization in the tourism Cucari Ettore, president Fiavet Campania, the Italian Federation of Travel and Tourism businesses. "The foreign tour operators - he says - now see the Campania region of Italy and only the garbage, which in fact have learned to call" rubbish ", and there are not very competitive with the rest of the world because we high prices, poor transport and slowness in organizing events that other parties will be communicated to the agencies at least one year in advance. Under these conditions about May of Monuments is a bit 'awkward'. Few signs of hope for Pasquale Gentile, president of the hoteliers Neapolitan Adan. "I do not yet have precise figures - he explains - but compared to my colleagues I can safely say that the forecasts for last weekend in May are not satisfactory. After the first weekend of the month we had recovered a bit 'of hope, but then the waste is returned to the streets and with them we are back to be pessimistic. " Between budgets and the controversy in May ends with the last weekend of music, theater, tours. Castel dell 'Ovo tonight at 20 is the show "Peter Pan" tomorrow's Spakkaneapolis 55. A New Castle stage tonight and tomorrow's Avion Travel & Maurizio Capone Bungtbangt. Castel Sant 'Elmo installing Giancarlo Blacks "Moon and laltra. Complete program on our website www.maggiodeimonumenti2008.it.
