Proposal of the San Marino DMCs for a promotional initiative to support off-peak travel

A project to improve incoming in the spring was presented at the Ministry of Tourism.  Minister Pedini Amati: "The State is ready to support this idea"

San Marino Welcome and San Marino Destination, the two DMCs operating in the Republic of San Marino, have submitted to the Ministry of Tourism, a proposal for the deseasonalization of tourism in the Republic of San Marino.

"We welcomed it with great pleasure," explained the Minister of Tourism Federico Pedini Amati, "both for the value it has in terms of promotion, and because it comes to us from the two DMCs that collaborate together and become the bearers of a single project. Unfortunately - said Pedini Amati - it is not feasible in this historical period in which the Government does not actually operate, but we hope it will be among the first projects carried out in the new legislature as well as we hope that it can be supported by USOT and USC, the two trade associations on which the project impacts"

Following the line already tested with the "holiday vouchers" proposed in Covid times, San Marino Welcome and San Marino Destination propose a new facility to be activated in 2025 from January to June. By joining the initiative, tourists can stay in San Marino for 2 nights by paying only one. One of the two nights would in fact be offered by the hotel. The State will support the project by taking on a third of the total cost of the two nights and returning an amount equal to 18.5% of the total to the tourist through a top-up on the new SMaC Turistica card and a figure equal to 15% of the total to the hotelier.