Tourism in Abruzzo has become one of the most prosperous sectors in the economy of Abruzzo, and in recent years has seen a remarkable growth attracting numerous tourists from Italy and Europe.^[1] According to statistics, in 2021 arrivals totaled 1,330,887.^[2] A total of 5,197,765 arrivals were tourists,^[3] a figure that puts the region seventeenth among the Italian regions for numbers of tourists per year. A moderate support to tourism is also given to the Abruzzo Airport with many low cost and charter flights connecting the entire region with the rest of Europe.^[4]

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Tourism in Abruzzo
Santa Maria di Collemaggio
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central European Time)
Area code	+39
Website	Abruzzoturismo Official Page

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Abruzzo tourism can basically be divided into three different types: mountain tourism^[5] hiking natural which includes numerous ski resorts, nature reserves and protected areas, beach tourism and coastal with the number of resort, hotel, camping and beaches,^[6] and finally the art-historical tourism religious and cultural concentrated mostly in mountain villages and historic towns such as l'Aquila, Vasto, Chieti, Teramo, Sulmona and many others.^[7]

In January 2016 the online newspaper HuffingtonPost.com has included Abruzzo in its "The World's 12 Best Place to Live or Retire in 2016",^[8] writing:

"It's hard to think of a lovelier corner of Italy than the Abruzzo. The beaches are golden, and the sea rolls out like a giant bolt of turquoise silk. There are mountains, too, meaning that, living here, you'd have both skiing and beach-combing on your doorstep, depending on the season. This region is one of Italy's secret treasures"

In 2022 also american travel magazine Travel + Leisure include Abruzzo in 50 Best Places to Travel in 2022.^[9]

In 2021, arrivals were 1,330,887 tourists.^[10]

The region currently has 23 active ski resort.^[11][12] They are located in the town of Scanno,^[13] Ovindoli,^[14] Pescasseroli,^[15] Roccaraso,^[16] Campo Imperatore,^[17] Campo Felice,^[18] Rivisondoli, Pescocostanzo^[19] and Pianoro Campitelli^[20] where winter tourism is highly developed and then you can play sports such as alpine skiing, snowboarding, ski mountaineering, ski touring, cross-country skiing and dog sledding.^[21][22][23] Other trails and facilities are in Passolanciano-Majelletta,^[24] Campo Rotondo,^[25] Campo di Giove,^[26] Piani di pezza,^[27] Voltigno,^[28] Centomonti,^[29] Macchiarvana,^[30] Monte Piselli.^[31]

Abruzzo is called Europe's greenest region^[32] and boasts the presence of three national parks (Parco Nazionale d'Abruzzo, Lazio e Molise,^[33] Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park,^[34] Maiella National Park,^[35] and regional park Sirente Velino Regional Park)^[36] and 38 protected areas between oasis, regional reserves and state reserves.^[37][38] The parks allow tourists hiking and nature activities, leisure activities and holidays such as excursions to the park, horse riding, hiking, cycling, canoeing, rafting, windsurfing, hiking, birdwatching, boating on Lake of Bomba, activities paragliding and hang-gliding and finally tourism resort on Lake of Scanno and Campotosto,^[39] in addition to the natural parks of Abruzzo boasts numerous protected areas.^[40][41][42]

In 2017, the ancient beech forests of the Abruzzo Lazio and Molise National Park of Europe were recognized as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, with the region thus gaining its first prestigious site.^[43]

The coast in Abruzzo extends for 129 kilometers, is nationally known as a tourist bathing resorts Montesilvano,^[44] Pineto,^[45] Roseto degli Abruzzi,^[46] Giulianova,^[47] Alba Adriatica,^[48] Tortoreto,^[49] Francavilla al Mare,^[50] Ortona,^[51] Vasto,^[52] Martinsicuro,^[53] Silvi Marina,^[54] and finally the Trabocchi Coast is not only famous for the sea but also for the ancient fishing machines Abruzzo still visible and can be visited by tourists along the coast, many of these centers, tourist resorts have the privilege and prestige of being appointed Blue Flag beach for water quality and services. With regard to this type of tourism are many activities that you can do: sailing, windsurfing and kite surfing, canoeing, fishing, boating (including jet skiing and water skiing), fishing and underwater photography, scuba diving, snorkeling, horseback riding, golf, mountain biking, cycling, motorcycle racing, motocross and off-road, kayaking.^[55][56][57]

As for the art-historical and religious tourism cultural, historical and cultural importance are the city of Chieti with Roman ruins, churches, museums (Museo archeologico nazionale d'Abruzzo^[58] with inside the Warrior of Capestrano,^[59] Teramo (Teramo Cathedral^[60]), Vasto (Palazzo D'Avalos, Castello Caldonesco), Lanciano (Miracle of Lanciano^[61]), Manoppello (Manoppello Image^[62]), Ortona (Basilica-Cathedral of St. Thomas the Apostle with the remains of the saint disciple of Jesus^[63]), Atri (Basilica di Santa Maria Assunta^[64]), Giulianova (Cathedral of San Flaviano^[65]), Sulmona (Sulmona Cathedral), l'Aquila (including the famous Basilica of Santa Maria di Collemaggio^[66] - with the remains of Pope Celestine V - severely damaged by the earthquake of 2009), (Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo^[67]), Santa Maria del Suffragio, Forte Spagnolo, Fontana delle 99 cannelle), St. Gabriel's shrine^[68] with average of 2 million visitors per year is one of the 15 most visited sanctuaries in the world^[69] and others small villages with many monuments, museums,^[70] castles^[71] and churches^[72] of national importance; even though a city Pescara modern, has basilicas, shrines, churches and important museums (Basilica della Madonna dei sette dolori, Madonna del Fuoco, Pescara Cathedral, e Museo casa natale Gabriele D'Annunzio^[73]).

In the interior mountains are ancient villages included, among other things on the list of I Borghi più belli d'Italia^[74](Abbateggio, Anversa degli Abruzzi, Bugnara, Campli, Caramanico Terme, Casoli, Castel del Monte, Castelli, Città Sant'Angelo, Civitella del Tronto whose fortress is the most visited monument in the whole Abruzzo region,^[75] Crecchio, Guardiagrele, Introdacqua, Navelli, Opi, Pacentro, Penne, Pescocostanzo, Pettorano sul Gizio, Pietracamela, Pretoro, Rocca San Giovanni, Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Scanno, Tagliacozzo, Villalago), castles (in Roccascalegna, Celano, Pacentro, Anversa degli Abruzzi, Avezzano, Balsorano, Villalago, Calascio, Valle Castellana, Monteodorisio, Carpineto Sinello, Crecchio, Civitaluparella, Ortona, Castiglione Messer Marino, Civitella Messer Raimondo, Vasto, Palmoli, Serramonacesca, Salle), hermitages^[76] (Sant'Onofrio al Morrone, San Giovanni, San Bartolomeo, etc..), sanctuaries Basilica santuario del Volto Santo di Manoppello, Monastero di Santa Maria in Valle Rotana Convents (Convento del Ritiro della Santissima Annunziata del Poggio, Convento della Madonna del Carmine, Convento di San Francesco (Lanciano), Convento Michetti, Ex Convento di San Donato), abbeys^[77] (San Clemente a Casauria, San Liberatore a Majella, San Giovanni in Venere, Abbazia Santa Maria in Montesanto, Abbazia di Santa Lucia, Abbazia di Santa Maria Arabona, Badia Morronese), and old churches^[78] (Santa Maria ad Cryptas a Fossa, San Tommaso di Caramanico and others).^[79]

The food and wine sector has also been re-evaluated in recent years, with a varied cuisine, which preserves ancient features of the ancient pastoral and mountain and sea recipes, and today offers food and wine products of excellence, among which the Saffron of l'Aquila, the Liquorice of Atri, the Confetti di Sulmona, the Mortadella di Campotosto, the prestigious wine Montepulciano d'Abruzzo and many others.^[80]

• A view of the National Park of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise
• Gran Sasso Mountain
• Majella Massif
• Velino Massif
• Campo Felice lake in spring.
• Campotosto Lake
• Vasto:Punta della Penna Beach
• Pescara
• Promenade in Tortoreto Lido
• L'Aquila 99 Spouts Fountain
• Church of SS Annunziata in Sulmona
• Rocca Calascio
• Shrine of Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows
• Guardiagrele
• Forte Spagnolo (Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo)

• Economy of Abruzzo
• Cuisine of Abruzzo
• Tourism in Italy