(Adnkronos) - Si sono riunite a Roma per l’assemblea nazionale dell’UNPLI (Unione Nazionale Pro Loco d’Italia) le 6.400 Pro Loco italiane, che rappresentano un pilastro per la promozione del territorio, la conservazione delle tradizioni e il turismo di qualità. L’evento è stato un’occasione per fare il punto sul loro ruolo strategico e sul contributo offerto alle comunità locali. Con una rete di oltre 500mila volontari che dedicano 25 milioni di ore all’anno alle attività, queste associazioni generano un impatto economico significativo, stimato in 3-4 miliardi di euro annui.
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00:00The 6,400 Italian prologues, which represent a pillar for the promotion of the territory,
00:09the preservation of traditions and quality tourism, meet in Rome for the National Assembly
00:13of the UNPLI, the National Prologue Union of Italy.
00:16The event is an opportunity to focus on their strategic role and the contribution offered
00:20to local communities.
00:21The impact is not only economic but also social, so uniting communities leads to generating
00:29a lot of sharing and social inclusion.
00:32Nine out of ten Italians consider the role we have in the appreciation and protection
00:42of Italian cultural heritage to be very important.
00:45I believe that if tomorrow morning the prologues stopped operating, Italy would be terminated.
00:52According to a census survey conducted in 2024 by UNPLI, more than 90% of Italians
00:58recognize the importance of the prologues in the appreciation of cultural heritage
01:02and in the promotion of local excellences.
01:04With a network of more than 500,000 volunteers who dedicate 25 million hours a year to activities,
01:10these associations have not only resisted the pandemic, but have also grown by 100
01:14units in the last four years and continue to generate a significant economic impact
01:19estimated at 3-4 billion euros per year.
01:22The prologues play a fundamental, but also peculiar, role in the social, historical
01:30and cultural identity of our country, valuing at best the local realities, which are the
01:36strength of Made in Italy as well as, as is perceived in the world, the excellence of
01:42what is done in every Italian municipality, a result of history and of a productive and
01:49social culture.
01:50The prologues organize more than 110,000 events a year, including 20,000 sagres, which attract
01:55millions of participants and generate a revenue of more than 2 billion euros.
01:59However, they do not limit themselves to promoting tourism, their commitment extends to the protection
02:03of historical, cultural and environmental heritage, to the support of communities against
02:07the depopulation of the villages and to the appreciation of typical non-gastronomic products.
02:12We have a world of the third sector that is underway every day to enhance the beauty
02:18of our Italy and to stay close to all citizens, in particular even the most fragile.
02:23We are acting on the code of the third sector in these two years, we have done many things.
02:28First of all, we have praised the shared administration, that is, that way of being together, institutions,
02:35private and social, to give answers to citizens, services, with an alternative model that is
02:41not only that of competition, but also that of social solidarity.
02:46The prologues thus confirm an essential resource for the launch of local communities
02:51and quality tourism in Italy.