At the gates of August 15th, the Study Office of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna makes the first point on tourism on the island.
There are 6,623 handicraft businesses in Sardinia that operate in economic activities with a tourist vocation, equal to 19.4% of Sardinian handicrafts , and offer work to 16,330 employees in sectors, in addition to specifically tourist ones such as hotels, restaurants and food, also in Transportation, in clothing and footwear and in a wide range of other products and services such as photography, frames, jewelery and bijouterie, ceramics and glass, artistic processing of marble, iron, copper and metals , pet care, spas and gyms.
«The combination of craftsmanship and tourism evolves from year to year and is a link that our companies look to with interest, to offer quality products and services, with a high degree of customization and often characteristic of that Made in Sardinia particularly appreciated by tourists - comments Maria Amelia Lai, president of Confartigianato Imprese Sardegna - creations and services with an artisan value, capable of contributing to making a visit to our land fully satisfying and unforgettable». "We have an invaluable heritage to offer tourists - continues the president - but without the professionalism, initiative, desire to invest and the courage to take risks of our entrepreneurs, tourism would not be fully exploited ".
THE NUMBERS – At a territorial level, 2,618 companies operate in the old province of Cagliari, with 5,931 employees, followed by northern Sardinia with 2,277 companies with 6,149 workers, then Nuoro with 1,330 companies and 3,303 employees and Oristano with 398 companies offering opportunities to 947 employees.
From a sectoral point of view, the main sector is the agri-food sector which has 1,585 companies on the island (23.9%) that produce food and drink, products for which we are famous among foreign tourists and whose quality allows our country to excel in number of agri-food products with denomination of origin and geographical indication recognized by the European Union.
