ISTAT tourism statistics in 2026: reporting arrivals and overnight stays for hotels, B&Bs and holiday rentals in Italy (Tuscany and Campania)

Updated 9 November 2026

Besides reporting guests to the police (Questura), anyone running a hotel, B&B, holiday home or short-term rental in Italy must report, daily or monthly, how many guests arrive and how many nights they stay. These are the figures for the ISTAT survey «Movement of guests in accommodation establishments», collected by Regions and Provinces through platforms that vary from area to area. This guide sums up what we could read, as of November 2026, in ISTAT's documents and in official pages from Tuscany and Campania, with the sources at the end. Where a detail does not appear in an official source, we say so. It is not professional advice: for your case, ask the statistics or tourism office of your Province, Metropolitan City or Region.

What it is and who asks for it

The survey has the code IST-00139 and is part of the National Statistical Programme:

ISTAT's 2025 information letter says supplying the data «è obbligatoria» (is compulsory) under article 7 of Legislative Decree 322/1989.
Data are not sent to ISTAT directly but to the «Organo Intermedio» (intermediate body): the statistics office of the Region, Province or Metropolitan City, often helped by tourism offices.
You report arrivals (how many guests check in) and overnight stays (how many nights they spend), by day or month depending on your area's platform.
The list of properties surveyed comes from another ISTAT survey, «Capacity of accommodation establishments» (IST-00138).

Who must report

According to ISTAT's circular for 2026, the survey covers every kind of property, not just hotels:

Hotels, classified by star rating, and non-hotel accommodation (B&Bs, guest rooms, holiday homes, agriturismi and the other types set by regional laws).
The circular explicitly mentions rental accommodation run as a business and «other private accommodation, including that not run as a business».
In Tuscany the Consolidated Tourism Law (Regional Law 61/2024, article 72) requires daily recording also from those who rent «for tourist purposes» (as quoted in ANCI Toscana's slides of February 2025).
In Campania the regional guide of May 2025 says short-term and tourist rentals must also report guest movements for ISTAT (Regional Law 16/2019).

How often and by when

Deadlines depend on the region:

Nationally, ISTAT's 2025 letter asks for data to reach the intermediate body «no later than the 10th of the following month». Regions pass them on to ISTAT by the 20th of the following month.
In Tuscany the regional law speaks of daily recording through an online procedure; the Florence Metropolitan City guide speaks of sending the monthly figures. We did not find the exact day of the deadline in an official source.
In Campania the regional platform works with one C/59 form per day, to be completed for every day from 1 May 2025 onwards. We did not find an official deadline for sending it.
A safe rule: enter the data every day, or at least close each month within the first days of the next.

Tuscany: which platform

Tuscany has no single platform: it depends on the province or the lead municipality of the tourism area.

Florence (Metropolitan City): the guide «How to open an accommodation business» (updated June 2023) says you must use the Turismo5 software and that, once open, entering arrivals and overnight stays is compulsory.
Grosseto coast: the municipality of Castiglione della Pescaia explains that short-term rentals (from 26 June 2026) go through the lead municipality of the area, Follonica, which registers the property on the regional MOTourist Office portal «for ISTAT purposes».
For Siena, Pisa, Lucca and the other provinces we did not read an official page: ask your municipality's or province's tourism office which system to use.
We found no official source saying Ross1000 is used in Tuscany.

Campania and the Amalfi Coast: Sinfonia Turismo SMART

In Campania, including Positano, Amalfi and Ravello, the platform is regional:

It is called «Sinfonia Turismo SMART» and, according to the Region's FAQ updated on 17 April 2026, it is the new tool for meeting the obligation to report arrivals and overnight stays for ISTAT.
The same FAQ say the old Regional Tourism Recorder (Rilevatore turistico regionale) and Turismo web systems have been switched off: if you used them, they are no longer enough.
The platform's manual (July 2025) says it is used by hotels, non-hotel and open-air accommodation and by tourist and short-term rentals.
Data can be entered by hand, uploaded as a .txt file from your property management system (the same files as the old Recorder) or sent through a Web API integration from your software, using the property's CUSR code and an API key.
The FAQ add that, for now, short-term and tourist rentals do not have to report prices.

Penalties

It pays to be precise here, because different figures circulate online:

ISTAT's page on administrative penalties gives, under article 11 of Legislative Decree 322/1989, 516 to 5,164 euros for legal entities and 206 to 2,065 euros for individuals, but does not say which surveys they apply to.
For this survey, ISTAT's 2025 information letter states: «in caso di mancata risposta non è prevista l'applicazione di una sanzione» (no penalty applies for failing to respond). We did not find the 2026 letter.
Regional laws may set their own penalties: the Florence Metropolitan City guide notes that Tuscan regional law provides administrative fines for not sending the data, without giving the amount. We found no official amounts for Tuscany or Campania.
In short: the obligation always applies; any penalty depends mainly on your region's law.

It is not Alloggiati Web (nor the tourist tax)

These are three separate obligations, often handled in the same software but still distinct:

Alloggiati Web: guests' personal details to the Questura, within 24 hours of arrival (6 hours for stays of up to 24 hours). See our Alloggiati Web guide.
ISTAT statistics: only the numbers of arrivals and overnight stays, to the Region or Province.
Tourist tax (imposta di soggiorno): to the municipality, on its own portal.
In Florence the Metropolitan City guide explains that Turismo5's Check in function can handle police records, statistics and the tourist-tax calculation together; in Campania the regional guide treats Alloggiati as a separate duty. Sending one does not count as sending the others.

What to do in practice

A simple routine:

Ask your municipality or province which platform to use and get your credentials before the first guest (in Campania you need the CUSR code).
If your property management system or channel manager can export the file or connect by API, switch it on and check every month that the data arrived.
Enter arrivals on the same day you file the Alloggiati Web record: that way nobody is missed.
Also report months with no guests and seasonal closures, if your platform asks for it.
Keep the receipts or screenshots of each submission.

Why it matters for AI and for your area

Arrivals and overnight stays are the figures Regions, municipalities and tourism observatories use to measure demand and plan promotion and services. Regione Toscana's 2025 tourism report speaks of 61,000 rentals recorded and a «non-negligible underestimate». When a traveller asks an AI assistant how busy an area is in a given month, answers often start from these official figures: the more complete they are, the truer the picture of your area.

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Frequently asked questions

Do I have to report arrivals and overnight stays if I rent out a single apartment?

In Tuscany and Campania, yes: the regional laws cited by official sources include tourist and short-term rentals. ISTAT's 2026 circular also covers private accommodation not run as a business.

Is it the same as Alloggiati Web?

No. Alloggiati Web sends guests' personal details to the Questura; ISTAT statistics send only the numbers of arrivals and overnight stays to the Region or Province. They are two separate obligations.

Which platform do I use on the Amalfi Coast?

Regione Campania's Sinfonia Turismo SMART. According to the FAQ of 17 April 2026, the old Regional Tourism Recorder and Turismo web have been switched off.

And in Florence?

Turismo5, according to the Florence Metropolitan City guide (updated June 2023). Elsewhere in Tuscany the system depends on the province or lead municipality: ask your municipality.

By when must I send the data?

ISTAT's 2025 letter gives the 10th of the following month as the deadline for sending to the intermediate body; regional rules may require daily recording, as in Tuscany.

What is the penalty if I don't send them?

For the national survey, ISTAT's 2025 letter says no penalty applies for failing to respond. Regional laws may set their own penalties: Tuscany does, but we found no official amount.

Sources

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