Editing Piedmont (section)

===Tourism===
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Tourism in Piedmont employs 75,534 people and involves 17,367 companies operating in the hospitality and catering sector, with 1,473 hotels and other tourist accommodation. The sector generates a turnover of €2,671 million, 3.3% of the €80,196 million total estimated spending on tourism in Italy. The region is popular with both foreign visitors and those from other parts of Italy. In 2002 there were 2,651,068 total arrivals, 1,124,696 (42%) of whom were foreign. The traditional leading areas for tourism in Piedmont are the Lake District ("Piedmont's riviera"), which accounts for 32.84% of total overnight stays, and the metropolitan area of Turin, which accounts for 26.51%.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.regione.piemonte.it/lingue/english/pagine/cultura/approfondimenti/02_piemontur_en.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Tourism in Piedmont: The Figures|website=Regione Piemonte|date=|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090326094510/http://www.regione.piemonte.it/lingue/english/pagine/cultura/approfondimenti/02_piemontur_en.pdf|archive-date=26 March 2009|access-date=30 June 2023}}</ref>

In 2006, Turin hosted the [[XX Olympic Winter Games]], and in 2007 it hosted the [[2007 Winter Universiade|XXIII Universiade]]. Alpine tourism tends to concentrate in a few highly developed stations like [[Alagna Valsesia]] and [[Sestriere]]. Around 1980, the long-distance trail [[Grande Traversata delle Alpi]] (GTA) was created to draw more attention to the variety of remote, sparsely inhabited valleys. Within the tourism industry in Piedmont, a reference to the system of Royal Residences has to be made. First of all, it is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1997 and, secondly, it represents a peculiarity of the region, since such a network cannot be found elsewhere in Italy. The Residences of the Royal House of Savoy belong to the historical and cultural heritage of Piedmont and nowadays they play a central role in the tourism field.<ref>{{Cite book|last=AA.VV.|title=Dimore Reali e la Corona di Delizie - Palazzi, castelli e ville sabaude in Piemonte I|publisher=La Stampa|year=2004|location=Torino|pages=1–13}}</ref> In a reality in which the tourism industry is characterized by an amalgam of several players and stakeholders, the creation of a system or network like the one of the Royal Residences represents an added benefit for the whole territory as well as a competitive edge.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cortese|first=Damiano|title=L'azienda turistica: nuovi scenari e modelli evolutivi|publisher=Giappichelli Editore|year=2018|location=Torino|pages=63–77}}</ref> Therefore, considering that tourism is a key factor in the creation of long-lasting value and working in a cooperative and collaborative perspective is essential,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Cortese D., Giacosa E., Cantino V.|title=Knowledge sharing for coopetition in tourist destinations: the difficult path to the network|publisher=Springer|year=2018|pages=1–12}}</ref> the network of the Royal Residences represents an example worth of notice.

Piedmont 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|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|access-date=3 May 2018|language=it}}</ref> These villages are:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://borghipiubelliditalia.it/piemonte/|title=Piemonte|date=9 January 2017 |access-date=31 July 2023|language=it}}</ref>
[[File:Vogogna veduta.jpg|thumb|right|[[Vogogna]] is one of "[[I Borghi più belli d'Italia|The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy]]".]]
[[File:OrtaSanGiulioAug132024 02.jpg|thumb|[[Orta San Giulio]] is one of "[[I Borghi più belli d'Italia|The Most Beautiful Villages in Italy]]".]]

*[[Barolo, Piedmont|Barolo]]
*[[Castagnole delle Lanze]]
*[[Cella Monte]]
*[[Pontechianale|Chianale]]
*[[Cocconato]]
*[[Garbagna, Piedmont|Garbagna]]
*[[Garessio]]
*[[Guarene]]
*[[Ingria, Piedmont|Ingria]]
*[[Mombaldone]]
*[[Monforte d'Alba]]
*[[Neive]]
*[[Orta San Giulio]]
*[[Ostana]]
*[[Candelo|Ricetto di Candelo]]
*[[Rosazza]]
*[[Usseaux|Usseauso]]
*[[Tortona|Vho]]
*[[Vogogna]]
*[[Volpedo]]