Editing Tourism in Italy (section)

===Sports tourism===
{{further|Sport in Italy}}
[[File:Charles Leclerc, Ferrari SF90 holds off Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes F1 W10, 2019 Italian Grand Prix, Monza, 8th September.jpg|thumb|[[2019 Italian Grand Prix]]]]
[[File:Adriano score vs Milan February 2009.jpg|thumb|right|[[Derby della Madonnina]] (15 February 2009)]]
[[File:Giro d'Italia 2017, dumoulin pozzovivo (34766910580).jpg|thumb|Starting in 1909, the [[Giro d'Italia]] is the [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grands Tours]]' second oldest.<ref name="Union Cycliste Internationale">{{cite web |url=http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTcxNw&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 |title=Union Cycliste Internationale|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114060844/http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/BUILTIN/getObject.asp?MenuId=MTcxNw&ObjTypeCode=FILE&type=FILE&id=34028&LangId=1 |archive-date=14 November 2012|access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>]]

[[Sport in Italy]] has a long tradition. In several sports, both individual and team, Italy has good representation and many successes. [[Football in Italy|Football]] is the most popular sport in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wilson |first=Bill |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26351331 |title=BBC News – Italian football counts cost of stagnation |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=10 March 2014 |access-date=12 June 2015}}</ref> Italy has won four FIFA World Cups championship ([[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[2006 FIFA World Cup|2006]]), and is (along with [[Germany national football team|Germany]]) currently the second most successful football team in World Cup history, after [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]]. [[Basketball]], [[volleyball]], and [[cycle sport|cycling]] are the next most popular/played sports, with Italy having a rich tradition in all three. Italy also has strong traditions in [[Swimming (sport)|swimming]], [[water polo]], [[rugby union]], [[tennis]], [[sport of athletics|athletics]], [[fencing]], and [[Formula One]].

Tourism linked to sporting events is capable of attracting fans of various disciplines who, in several cases, then decide to stay to visit the country.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.webitmag.it/grandi-eventi-dello-sport-grandi-occasioni-per-il-turismo_3003/|title=Grandi eventi dello sport, grandi occasioni per il turismo|date=21 March 2014 |access-date=28 December 2021|language=it}}</ref> In addition to events of a global nature, capable of attracting a large number of visitors for a longer period of time (among the major ones the [[1960 Summer Olympics]], the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] and the [[1990 FIFA World Cup]]), minor events also contribute to the development of this factor of tourism, such as individual international matches of various sports (for example the home matches of Italy during the [[Six Nations Championship]] or the matches of clubs of various sports involved in continental competitions) or tournaments of more local importance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://imprese.regione.emilia-romagna.it/turismo/temi/osservatorio-regionale-sul-turismo/analisi-di-sistema-propedeutico-alla-fattibilita-di-un-modello-organizzativo-per-l2019acquisizione-e-la-promozione-di-eventi-sportivi-per-l2019emilia-romagna|title=Le potenzialità del Turismo Sportivo in Emilia e Romagna|access-date=28 December 2021|language=it}}</ref>

The [[Serie A]] is a professional league competition for [[Association football|football]] clubs located at the top of the [[Italian football league system]] and the winner is awarded the [[Scudetto]] and the [[Coppa Campioni d'Italia]]. Serie A is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world and it is often depicted as the most tactical and defensively sound national league.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.sportfive.com/index.php?id=1182| title = The Big Five Leagues| access-date = 19 June 2022| archive-date = 24 September 2015| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924104651/http://www.sportfive.com/index.php?id=1182| url-status = dead}}</ref> Serie A was the world's strongest national league in 2020 according to [[IFFHS]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 January 2021|title=IFFHS World's Best National League in the World 2020|url=https://www.iffhs.de/index.php/posts/911|access-date=21 January 2021|website=[[International Federation of Football History & Statistics|IFFHS]]}}</ref> and is ranked third among European leagues according to [[UEFA coefficient|UEFA's league coefficient]], behind [[La Liga]] and the [[Premier League]] and ahead of the [[Bundesliga]] and [[Ligue 1]], which is based on the performance of Italian clubs in the [[UEFA Champions League|Champions League]] and the [[UEFA Europa League|Europa League]] during the previous five years. Serie A led the UEFA ranking [[UEFA coefficient#Men's Association coefficient|from 1986 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1999]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ita/honours/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100209055123/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association=ITA/honours/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 February 2010|title=Member associations - Italy - Honours –|publisher=[[UEFA|uefa.com]]}}</ref>

The [[Italian Grand Prix]] is the fifth oldest national [[Grand Prix motor racing|Grand Prix]] (after the [[French Grand Prix]], the [[United States Grand Prix|American Grand Prize]], the [[Spanish Grand Prix]] and the [[Russian Grand Prix]]), having been held since 1921. In 2013 it became the most-held Grand Prix (the [[2021 Italian Grand Prix|2021 edition]] was the 91st). It is one of the two Grands Prix (along with the [[British Grand Prix|British]]) which has run as an event of the [[Formula One]] World Championship Grands Prix every season, continuously since the championship was introduced in 1950. Every Formula One Italian Grand Prix in the World Championship era has been held at [[Autodromo Nazionale di Monza|Monza]] except in [[1980 Italian Grand Prix|1980]], when it was held at [[Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari|Imola]].

The [[Giro d'Italia]] is an annual [[stage race|multiple-stage]] [[bicycle racing|bicycle race]] primarily held in [[Italy]], while also starting in, or passing through, other countries.<ref name="Livestrong Giro Info">{{cite news|url=http://www.livestrong.com/article/344716-the-history-of-the-giro-ditalia/|title=The History of the Giro d'Italia.|author=Gregg Seltzer|publisher=Livestrong|date=26 May 2011|access-date=30 July 2012}}</ref> The first race was organized in [[1909 Giro d'Italia|1909]] to increase sales of the newspaper ''[[La Gazzetta dello Sport]]'';<ref name="Livestrong Giro Info"/><ref name="larousse1">{{cite web|url=http://www.larousse.fr/encyclopedie/divers/Tour_dItalie/147186 |language=fr |title=Tour d'Italie ou Giro d'Italia|publisher=Larousse.fr |date=30 March 2012 |access-date=10 August 2012|trans-title=Tour of Italy or Giro d'Italia}}</ref> and is still run by [[RCS Sport|a subsidiary of that paper's owner]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bikeraceinfo.com/giro/giro1909.html#story |title=1909 Giro d'Italia |work= Bike Race Info |publisher=Dog Ear Publishing |last1=McGann |first1=Bill |last2=McGann |first2=Carol |access-date=30 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rcsmediagroup.it/wps/portal/mg/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3iXgBDLkGBLIwN_P29nA6MAj8DAYGcvA29Dc6B8JIq8oQFQ3sTfwNTJwwjIJE23v6eLgZFlWKCns5epoburGQHdfh75uan6BbmhEeWOiooAtx-tyg!!/dl2/d1/L0lDUmlTUSEhL3dHa0FKRnNBL1lCUlp3QSEhL2Vu/?wai= |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130218181017/http://www.rcsmediagroup.it/wps/portal/mg/!ut/p/c1/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3iXgBDLkGBLIwN_P29nA6MAj8DAYGcvA29Dc6B8JIq8oQFQ3sTfwNTJwwjIJE23v6eLgZFlWKCns5epoburGQHdfh75uan6BbmhEeWOiooAtx-tyg!!/dl2/d1/L0lDUmlTUSEhL3dHa0FKRnNBL1lCUlp3QSEhL2Vu/?wai= |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 February 2013 |title=RCS Sport |work=RCSMediaGroup |publisher=RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. |date=24 January 2013 |access-date=20 June 2013 }}</ref> The Giro is a [[UCI World Tour]] event, which means that the teams that compete in the race are mostly [[UCI WorldTeam]]s, with some additional teams invited as 'wild cards'.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTUyMjQ |title=2012 – 2013 UCI Road Calendar |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=6 June 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090217144300/http://www.uci.ch/templates/UCI/UCI2/layout.asp?MenuId=MTUyMjQ |archive-date=17 February 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author= Nigel Wynn |url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/530629/uci-worldtour-calendar-2012.html |title=UCI WorldTour calendar 2012 |work=Cycling Weekly|publisher=IPC Media Limited|date=2 November 2011|access-date=6 August 2012}}</ref> Starting in 1909, the Giro d'Italia is the [[Grand Tour (cycling)|Grands Tours]]' second oldest.<ref name="Union Cycliste Internationale"/>

The [[Mille Miglia]] was an open-road, [[motorsport]] [[Endurance racing (motorsport)|endurance race]] established in 1927 by the young Counts Francesco Mazzotti and Aymo Maggi, which took place in [[Italy]] twenty-four times from 1927 to 1957 (thirteen before [[World War II]], eleven from 1947).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.grandprixhistory.org/mille_miglia_history.htm |title=Mille Miglia |date=November 2007 |publisher=grandprixhistory.org |access-date=18 August 2018 }}</ref> From 1953 until 1957, the Mille Miglia was also a round of the [[World Sports Car Championship]]. Since 1977, the "Mille Miglia" has been reborn as a [[regularity race]] for [[Classic car|classic]] and [[vintage car]]s. Participation is limited to cars, produced no later than 1957, which had attended (or were registered to) the original race. The route (Brescia–Rome round trip) is similar to that of the original race, maintaining the point of departure/arrival in Viale Venezia in [[Brescia]].