Tourist Industry Enters Second Year of Difficulty in Rome, Italy | EWTN News Nightly

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It has been a difficult 2 years for the tourism industry in Rome. First there was the COVID pandemic and now there is the war in Ukraine and fears over new COVID variants. According to the president of the Italian Hotel Association, bookings are down around 50% from 2019. That number is slightly better for tourists from the United States. Those numbers are down around 40% from the pre-COVID period. Founder of T's Italy Travel Consulting Services and radio host of EWTN's Catholic Connection, Teresa Tomeo, joins to share how concerning those numbers are and what she is seeing on the ground in Rome. As her pilgrimages continue, Tomeo fills us in on whether she has roughly the same amount of pilgrims as before and what the highlights of the trip are. She discusses whether she has any future trips to Italy or any other Catholic site in Europe planned. EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf