Editing Molise (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:Torre Termoli.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Castle of [[Termoli]]]]
[[File:Cattedrale campobasso.jpg|thumb|left|[[Campobasso]]'s Cathedral]]
Agriculture, involving small and micro holdings, is currently offering high-quality products. The agricultural holdings produce wine, cereals, olive oil, vegetables, fruits and dairy products. Traditional products are [[Lathyrus sativus|Grass Pea (cicerchia)]] and [[Farro]]. Molise's autochthonous grape is [[Tintilia]] which has been rediscovered during the last ten years, and many other PDO (DOP) wines, both red and white.

Though there is a large [[Fiat]] plant ([[Termoli]]), the industrial sector is dominated by the farming industry with small and medium-sized farms spread widely throughout the region. Another important industry is food processing: pasta, meat, milk products, oil and wine are the traditional products of the region. In the services sector the most important industries are distribution, hotels and catering, followed by transport and communications, banking and insurance. With few exceptions, in all sectors firms are small, and this explains the difficulties encountered when marketing products on a national scale.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/itf2_eco.htm |title=Eurostat |publisher=Europa (web portal) |access-date=2009-05-05 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721131845/http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/regportraits/info/data/en/itf2_eco.htm |archive-date=2011-07-21 }}</ref>

International tourism is growing largely as a result of the recent opening of international flights from other European countries to [[Abruzzo Airport|Pescara Airport]], which is not far to the north in Abruzzo and connected to Molise by the [[Autostrada A14 (Italy)|A14 highway]] (the only highway passing through Molise, by Termoli).

The unemployment rate stood at '''9.5%''' in 2020.<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|language=en}} </ref>

===Tourism===
Molise has many small and picturesque villages. Four 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/molise/|title=Molise|date=9 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> 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>