Editing Liguria (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Aerial view - Harbour of Genoa, Italy - DSC01156.JPG|thumb|left|The [[port of Genoa]] is the busiest in Italy.]]

Ligurian agriculture has increased its specialisation pattern in high-quality products (flowers, [[Italian wine|wine]], [[olive oil]]) and has thus managed to maintain the gross value-added per worker at a level much higher than the national average (the difference was about 42% in 1999).<ref name="regportraits1">{{cite web |url=http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/itc3_eco.htm |title=Eurostat |publisher=Circa.europa.eu |access-date=5 May 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916185647/http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/itc3_eco.htm |archive-date=16 September 2008 }}</ref> The value of flower production represents over 75% of the agriculture sector turnover, followed by animal farming (11.2%) and vegetable growing (6.4%).
[[File:Vernazza and the sea, Cinque Terre, Italy.jpg|thumb|[[Cinque Terre]] on the [[Italian Riviera]], one of the most popular tourist destinations in Italy]]
[[File:Sanremo Casino 2.jpg|thumb|[[Sanremo Casino]]]]

[[Sanremo Casino]] (official {{langx|it|Casinò Municipale di Sanremo}}) is a gambling and entertainment complex located in [[Sanremo]], on the [[Italian Riviera]]. The Casino's building was designed by French architect Eugène Ferret, opening 14 January 1905. Seven different projects were submitted, resulting in the victory of Ferret, who adhered to the [[Art Nouveau]] movement, so much in vogue in France back then. Ferret was also to be the first manager of the proper gaming activities by an agreement signed on 5 November 1903. From 1913 the Casino had its own tram connection. From 1927 to 1934 the Casino was managed by Luigi De Santis who proved to be, among other things, a first-rate gamester for its knowledge of the game and the particularities of the world around it. In the 1930s, [[Pietro Mascagni]], [[Luigi Pirandello]] and Francesco Pastonchi were regular clients of the Casino. De Santis invited Marta Abba to Sanremo and offered her the Compagnia Stabile (Theatre Company) of which Pirandello was to be its Artistic Director. It also granted funds to Pastonchi for the organisation and setting up of the Literary Mondays. The Sanremo Casino closed its doors on 10 June 1940. Still, undamaged by the war and two German and allied occupations, the Casino resumed its activities seven months after the end of [[World War II]]. From its first edition in 1951 until 1976, the Sanremo Casino was home of the [[Sanremo Music Festival]].

Steel, once a major industry during the booming 1950s and 1960s, phased out after the late 1980s crisis, as Italy moved away from the heavy industry to pursue more technologically advanced and less polluting production. So the Ligurian industry has turned towards a widely diversified range of high-quality and high-tech products (food, shipbuilding, electrical engineering and electronics, petrochemicals, aerospace etc.). Nonetheless, the region still maintains a flourishing shipbuilding sector (yacht construction and maintenance, cruise liner building, military shipyards).<ref name="regportraits1"/>
In the services sector, the gross value-added per worker in Liguria is 4% above the national average. This is due to the increasing diffusion of modern technologies, particularly in commerce and tourism.

=== Economical statistics ===
The [[Gross domestic product]] (GDP) of the region was '''49.9''' billion euros in 2018, accounting for 2.8% of Italy's economic output. GDP per capita adjusted for purchasing power was '''32,000''' euros or 106% of the EU27 average in the same year.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/10474907/1-05032020-AP-EN.pdf/81807e19-e4c8-2e53-c98a-933f5bf30f58 |title=Regional GDP per capita ranged from 30% to 263% of the EU average in 2018 |website=Eurostat}}</ref>

The unemployment rate stood at '''8.3%''' in 2020 and was slightly lower than the national average.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=lfst_r_lfu3rt&lang=en |title=Unemployment NUTS 2 regions Eurostat |website=appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu |language=en}}</ref>
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|'''unemployment rate'''<br/>(in %)
|4.8% 
|4.8% 
|5.4% 
|5.8%  
|6.6%
|6.4% 
|8.1% 
|9.8% 
|10.8%
|9.2% 
|9.7% 
|9.5%
|9.9%
|9.6%
|8.3%
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===Wine===
{{main|Liguria wine}}
[[File:Cinque Terre white wine.jpg|right|thumb|A bottle of [[Colline di Levanto DOC]] white wine.]]

Liguria is an [[Italian wine]] region located in the northwest region of [[Italy]] along the [[Italian Riviera]]. It is bordered by the [[Piedmont wine]] region to the north, the [[Alps]] and [[French wine]] region of [[Provence (wine)|Provence]] to the west, the [[Apennine Mountains]] and the [[Emilia-Romagna wine]] region to the east with a small border shared with [[Tuscany (wine)|Tuscany]] in the south-east along the [[Ligurian Sea]].<ref name="Dummies">M. Ewing-Mulligan & E. McCarthy ''Italian Wines for Dummies'' pg 83-87 Hungry Minds 2001 {{ISBN|0-7645-5355-0}}</ref>

Liguria has several ''[[Denominazione di origine controllata]]'' regions with the most notable being the [[Cinque Terre DOC]] from cliff side vineyards situated among the five fishing villages of [[Cinque Terre]] in the [[province of La Spezia]]. The DOC produces light white wines made from [[grape varieties]] such as [[Bosco (grape)|Bosco]], [[Albarola]] and [[Vermentino]]. In the west is the red wine-producing region of [[Dolceacqua]], producing wine from the [[indigenous (ecology)|indigenous]] [[Rossese di Dolceacqua|Rossese]] grape.<ref name="Saunders">P. Saunders ''Wine Label Language'' pp. 139–209 Firefly Books 2004 {{ISBN|1-55297-720-X}}</ref>

The following is a list of DOCs in the Liguria region along with the grapes that may be included in the blend under varying percentages that are regulated under the DOC label.<ref name="Saunders"/>

*[[Cinque Terre DOC]] - White wine only DOC producing wine from the [[Bosco (grape)|Bosco]], [[Albarola]] and [[Vermentino]] grapes. A ''[[passito]]'' and ''[[liquoroso]]'' style made from the same grapes can also be produced under the [[Sciacchetra]] designation.
*[[Colli di Luni DOC]] - Red and white wine DOC producing wine from [[Sangiovese]], [[Canaiolo]], [[Ciliegiolo]], [[Pollera nera]], [[Bracciola nera]], [[Trebbiano]] and Vermentino.
*[[Colline di Levanto DOC]] - Red and white wine DOC producing wine from Sangiovese, Ciliegiolo, Vermentino, Albarola and Bosco.

===Tourism===
Liguria has many small and picturesque villages, 20 of them have been selected by {{lang|it|[[I Borghi più belli d'Italia]]}} ({{langx|en|The most beautiful Villages of Italy}}),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/basilicata/|title=Basilicata|date=10 January 2017 |access-date=1 August 2023|language=it}}</ref> a non-profit private association of small Italian towns of strong historical and artistic interest,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.repubblica.it/viaggi/2023/01/16/news/borghi_piu_belli_italia_14_nuovi_2023-383794441/ |title=Borghi più belli d'Italia. Le 14 novità 2023, dal Trentino alla Calabria |website=www.repubblica.it |date=16 January 2023 |access-date=28 July 2023|language=it}}</ref> that was founded on the initiative of the Tourism Council of the National Association of Italian Municipalities.<ref>{{Cite web |url = http://borghipiubelliditalia.it/ |title = I Borghi più belli d'Italia, la guida online ai piccoli centri dell'Italia nascosta |website=borghipiubelliditalia.it |access-date=3 May 2018|language=it}}</ref> These villages are:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/piemonte/ |title=Piemonte |website=borghipiubelliditalia.it |date=9 January 2017 |access-date=31 July 2023|language=it}}</ref>
[[File:Apricale-scorcio3.JPG|thumb|right|[[Apricale]]]]
[[File:Framura-Frazione Costa-2435.JPG|thumb|right|[[Framura]]]]
[[File:Piazza Dante Alighieri di sera - Noli.jpg|thumb|right|[[Noli]]]]

*[[Apricale]]
*[[Badalucco]]
*[[Brugnato]]
*[[Campo Ligure]]
*[[Castelvecchio di Rocca Barbena]]
*[[Celle Ligure]]
*[[Cervo, Liguria|Cervo]]
*[[Colletta di Castelbianco]]
*[[Deiva Marina]]
*[[Diano Castello]]
*[[Finale Ligure|Finalborgo]]
*[[Framura]]
*[[Laigueglia]]
*[[Cipressa|Lingueglietta]]
*[[Millesimo]]
*[[Moneglia]]
*[[Montemarcello]]
*[[Noli]]
*[[Perinaldo]]
*[[Seborga]]
*[[Taggia]]
*[[Tellaro]]
*[[Triora]]
*[[Varese Ligure]]
*[[Borgio Verezzi|Verezzi]]
*[[Vernazza]]
*[[Zuccarello]]