In the last years, the focus of production and business activities seems to have moved again from areas where economic activities are widespread to urban and metropolitan areas, which appear to cope better with the competition, being more provided with infrastructures, services as well as innovative skills.Such general dynamics would have affected directly tourism sector: the nights spent in the largest areas’ accommodation have shown an approximately double increase compared to that of the other local systems, thus highlighting a continued interest in areas with a high cultural, architectural, museum offer, which seem less weakened by the competition of foreign destinations.[...]