Editing Tourism in Italy (section)

=== Italian provinces/metropolitan cities by number of visitors ===
{{Location map+ |Italy |float=right |width=450 |caption=Location of the 40 most visited [[Province of Italy|province]]s/[[metropolitan cities of Italy]]|places=
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.43 |long=12.33 |label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Venice|Venice]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=46.5|long= 11.35|label_size=80 |label=[[South Tyrol|Bolzano]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=41.89|long=12.48|label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Rome Capital|Rome]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=46.06|long=11.11|label_size=80 |label=[[Trentino|Trento]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.43|long=10.98|label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Verona|Verona]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=44.05|long=12.56|label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Rimini|Rimini]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.46|long=9.19|label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Milan|Milan]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.77|long=11.25|label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Florence|Florence]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=40.83|long=14.25|label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Naples|Naples]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.63|long=10.3 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Brescia|Brescia]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.40|long=11.87 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Padua|Padua]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.55|long=10.31 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Livorno|Livorno]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=40.73|long=8.56 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Sassari|Sassari]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.06|long=7.7 |label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Turin|Turin]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=44.41|long=12.19 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Ravenna|Ravenna]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=40.68|long=14.76 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Salerno|Salerno]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=44.30|long=8.49 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Savona|Savona]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=42.75|long=11.10 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Grosseto|Grosseto]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=46.06|long=13.23 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Udine|Udine]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=44.22|long=12.04 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.33|long=11.33 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Siena|Siena]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.85|long=10.51 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Lucca|Lucca]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.71|long=10.4 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Pisa|Pisa]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=46.14|long=12.21 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Belluno|Belluno]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.81|long=9.08 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Como|Como]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=44.84|long=11.63 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Ferrara|Ferrara]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=40.35|long=18.16 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Lecce|Lecce]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.11|long=12.38 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Perugia|Perugia]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=44.49|long=11.34 |label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Bologna|Bologna]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=41.46|long=15.56 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Foggia|Foggia]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=44.41|long=8.93 |label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Genoa|Genoa]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.74|long=7.43 |label_size=80 |label=[[Aosta Valley|Aosta]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=38.18|long=15.55 |label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Messina|Messina]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=42.65|long=13.70 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Teramo|Teramo]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.91|long=12.91 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Pesaro and Urbino|Pesaro-Urbino]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=39.3|long=16.25 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Cosenza|Cosenza]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.88|long=8.02 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Imperia|Imperia]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=45.93|long=8.53 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola|Verbania]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=38.11|long=13.35 |label_size=80 |label=[[Metropolitan City of Palermo|Palermo]]|position=left}}
{{Location map~ |Italy|lat=43.61|long=13.51 |label_size=80 |label=[[Province of Ancona|Ancona]]|position=bottom}}
}}
Below is a table with the most visited [[Province of Italy|province]]/[[Metropolitan cities of Italy|metropolitan cities in Italy]] (data as of 2017)
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right;"
|- style="color:white;"
! style="background:#00966E;" |Rank 
! style="background:#00966E;" |Province/Metropolitan City
! style="background:#00966E;" |# of nights <br />in 2017<ref name="istat"/>
! style="background:#00966E;" |of whom<br />foreign visitors<ref name="istat"/> 
! style="background:#00966E;" |Region
|-
|align=center| 1 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Venice|Venice]] || 37,042,454 || 27,477,075 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Veneto}}
|-
|align=center| 2 || style="text-align:left;"| [[South Tyrol|Bolzano/Bozen]] || 32,400,662 || 22,125,350 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|Trentino-Alto Adige}}
|-
|align=center| 3 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Rome Capital|Rome]] || 29,833,225 || 7,046,098 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Lazio}}
|-
|align=center| 4 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Trentino|Trento]] || 17,776,030 || 7,412,103 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol|Trentino-Alto Adige}}
|-
|align=center| 5 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Verona|Verona]] || 17,293,792 || 13,388,082 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Veneto}}
|-
|align=center| 6 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Rimini|Rimini]] || 15,967,490 || 3,808,354 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Emilia-Romagna}} 
|-
|align=center| 7 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Milan|Milan]] || 15,468,199 || 9,291,198 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Lombardy}}
|-
|align=center| 8 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Florence|Florence]] || 14,716,466 || 10,780,968 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Tuscany}}
|-
|align=center| 9 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Naples|Naples]] || 13,161,395 || 7,247,964 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Campania}}
|-
|align=center| 10 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Brescia|Brescia]] || 10,463,688 || 7,472,887 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Lombardy}}
|-
|align=center| 11 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Livorno|Livorno]] || 8,663,572 || 3,491,172 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Tuscany}}
|-
|align=center| 12 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Sassari|Sassari]] || 7,492,538 || 4,162,225 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Sardinia}}
|-
|align=center| 13 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Turin|Turin]] || 7,046,219 || 1,842,052 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Piedmont}}
|-
|align=center| 14 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Ravenna|Ravenna]] || 6,698,702 || 1,381,666 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Emilia-Romagna}}
|-
|align=center| 15 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Salerno|Salerno]] || 6,029,649 || 2,098,781 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Campania}}
|-
|align=center| 16 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Savona|Savona]] || 5,717,487 || 1,471,811 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Liguria}}
|-
|align=center| 17 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Grosseto|Grosseto]] || 5,714,546 || 1,601,673 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Tuscany}}
|-
|align=center| 18 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Padua|Padua]] || 5,479,110 || 2,426,489 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Veneto}}
|-
|align=center| 19 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Udine|Udine]] || 5,371,339 || 3,027,318 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Friuli-Venezia Giulia}}
|-
|align=center| 20 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Forlì-Cesena|Forlì-Cesena]] || 5,357,398 || 1,027,558 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Emilia-Romagna}}
|-
|align=center| 21 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Lecce|Lecce]] || 5,048,739 || 949,521 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Apulia}}
|-
|align=center| 22 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Siena|Siena]] || 4,928,092 || 2,880,531 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Tuscany}}
|-
|align=center| 23 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Perugia|Perugia]] || 4,689,356 || 1,699,019 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Umbria}}
|-
|align=center| 24 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Bologna|Bologna]] || 4,607,456 || 2,101,001 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Emilia-Romagna}}
|-
|align=center| 25 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Foggia|Foggia]] || 4,503,604 || 697,073 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Apulia}}
|-
|align=center| 26|| style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Genoa|Genoa]] || 4,082,817 || 1,945,743 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Liguria}}
|-
|align=center| 27 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Belluno|Belluno]] || 3,806,806 || 1,208,331 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Veneto}}
|-
|align=center| 28 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Aosta Valley|Aosta/Aoste]] || 3,599,402 || 1,434,422 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Aosta Valley}}
|-
|align=center| 29 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Lucca|Lucca]] || 3,546,044 || 1,696,020 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Tuscany}}
|-
|align=center| 30 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Messina|Messina]] || 3,493,859 || 2,153,932 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Sicily}}
|-
|align=center| 31 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Teramo|Teramo]] || 3,419,387 || 523,718 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Abruzzo}}
|-
|align=center| 32 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Pesaro and Urbino|Pesaro and Urbino]] || 3,295,759 || 729,067 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Marche}}
|-
|align=center| 33 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Cosenza|Cosenza]] || 3,290,418 || 369,693 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Calabria}}
|-
|align=center| 34 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Imperia|Imperia]] || 3,202,619 || 1,324,925 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Liguria}}
|-
|align=center| 35 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola|Verbania]] || 3,095,668 || 2,443,754 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Piedmont}}
|-
|align=center| 36 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Como|Como]] || 3,088,807 || 2,375,038 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Lombardy}}
|-
|align=center| 37 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Pisa|Pisa]] || 3,032,756 || 1,632,412 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Tuscany}}
|-
|align=center| 38 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Ferrara|Ferrara]] || 3,020,136 || 1,142,220 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Emilia-Romagna}}
|-
|align=center| 39|| style="text-align:left;"| [[Metropolitan City of Palermo|Palermo]] || 2,981,947 || 1,703,615 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Sicily}}
|-
|align=center| 40 || style="text-align:left;"| [[Province of Ancona|Ancona]] || 2,954,206 || 536,167 || style="text-align:left;"| {{flag|Marche}}
|-
||| style="text-align:left;"|''rest of Italy'' || 79,247,316 || 42,531,760 || 
|-
! colspan=2| Total || 420,629,155 || 210,658,786 ||
|}