Editing Tourism in Italy (section)

===Underwater tourism===
[[File:Parco archeologico di Baia - Ninfeo punta Epitaffio - statua Antonia Minore.jpg|thumb|Submerged Archaeological Park of [[Baiae]]]]
{{further|List of Marine Protected Areas of Italy}}
The [[List of Marine Protected Areas of Italy|Marine Protected Areas of Italy]] restrict human activity for a conservation purpose, to protect natural resources or archaeological sites. There were twenty-seven such [[marine protected areas]], and a further two "Submerged Archaeological Parks" (Italian: ''parchi sommersi''); in 2018, two new marine protected areas were created. these areas help safeguard in total some {{convert|228000|ha|km2}} of the seas around Italy as well as some {{convert|700|km}} of its coastline, corresponding to 12% of the Italian coasts.<ref name="uccellidaproteggere"/>

Underwater tourism, both of a naturalistic type and linked to [[underwater archaeology]], is also present.<ref name="viaggiarenews">{{cite web|url=https://www.viaggiarenews.com/2021/03/il-meglio-per-il-turismo-subacqueo-in-italia/|title=Il meglio per il turismo subacqueo in Italia|access-date=19 January 2022|language=it}}</ref> For the naturalistic underwater type, noteworthy seaside locations include the Portofino Marine Protected Area (located between the municipalities of [[Camogli]], [[Portofino]] and [[Santa Margherita Ligure]]), the [[island of Giglio]], the [[Capraia|island of Capraia]], and the [[Maddalena archipelago]].<ref name="viaggiarenews"/>

For the underwater archeology type, noteworthy seaside locations include [[Taormina]], [[Capo Passero]], [[Ustica]], [[Noto]], [[Marettimo]], [[Marzamemi]], [[Santa Maria di Castellabate]], [[Baiae]], [[Gaiola Island|Gaiola]], [[Ischia]], [[Campi Flegrei]], [[Pantelleria]], [[Syracuse, Sicily|Syracuse]], [[Gnatia]], [[Tremiti Islands]], [[Manduria]] and [[Isola di Capo Rizzuto]].<ref name="viaggiarenews"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.repubblica.it/viaggi/2021/11/13/news/un_viaggio_unico_tra_bellezze_sommerse_dall_italia_la_spinta_per_un_itinerario_dei_siti_archeologici_subacquei_nel_mediterr-326223800/|title=Un viaggio unico tra bellezze sommerse: l'Italia lancia itinerario europeo nei parchi archeosub del Mediterraneo|access-date=19 January 2022|language=it}}</ref>

Notable Italian lakes that attract underwater tourism, both archaeological and naturalistic type, are [[Lake Iseo]], [[Lake Como]], [[Lake Garda]], [[Lake Maggiore]], [[Lake Idro]], [[Lago di Levico]], [[Lago di Lases]], [[Lago di Tovel]], [[Lago di Caldonazzo]], [[Avigliana|Lago Grande]] and [[Capestrano|Lake of Capodacqua]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ilsubacqueo.it/immersioni-nei-laghi-lombardi/|title=Immersioni Nei Laghi Lombardi|access-date=7 June 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yesmilano.it/articoli/sport-acquatici-sui-laghi-lombardi|title=SPORT ACQUATICI SUI LAGHI LOMBARDI|access-date=7 June 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.trentino.com/it/sport-e-tempo-libero/attivita-sportive/immersione-subacquea/|title=Immersione subacquea|access-date=7 June 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.laboratoriovalsusa.it/blog/valle-di-susa/il-lago-grande-di-avigliana-e-la-sua-ferrata-subacquea-oltre-2-km-di-percorsi|title=Il Lago Grande di Avigliana e la sua ferrata subacquea. Oltre 2 km di percorsi, dove "il nulla" è abbagliante|access-date=7 June 2022|language=it}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.viaggipersub.it/prodotto/immersioni-nel-lago-di-capo-dacqua-in-abruzzo/|title=IMMERSIONI NEL LAGO DI CAPO D'ACQUA IN ABRUZZO|access-date=7 June 2022|language=it}}</ref>