The Italian economy experienced dramatic economic growth in 1988 and the entertainment and performing arts sector was no exception. The total spent by Italians on performances, entertainment and television licences rose by 12.8% in current values. The increase in expenditure was due principally...

Expenditure on entertainment in Italy is analyzed. Following a discussion of national and regional trends in spending, the following market segments are reviewed: theatre and music; cinema; football and other sports; dancing, mechanical games and other entertainments; radio and television. Consumer ...

Statistics show that in 1989 the consumption of non-essential goods in Italy increased. Goods related to recreation, entertainment, education and culture increased quantitatively by 7.9%, the highest increase of all categories. The steadiness of family consumption in a year when the Italian...

The entertainment and amusement industries prospered in Italy in 1990 with a 5.4% increase in public spending. In several sectors, however, such as the cinema, theatre, and musical activities, the increase in box office returns was due solely to price increases and not to higher attendance figures. ...

The paper presents the output of the research conducted by Enrico Beretta and Andrea Migliardi on the connections between the Italian cultural sector and the Country's economy; the study focuses, in particular, on non industrial cultural activities which include the visual and performing arts and...

Since 1936, the Italian Society of Authors and Editors (SIAE) has produced an annual statistical review of the performing arts in Italy. The 1981 edition, like those of preceding years, covers the various types of theatrical and musical entertainment, the cinema in its different forms (with a...

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) has changed supply-chain operations in an unprecedented manner and its effects are particularly visible in the context of traditional arts organisations such as museums. This paper explores how this crisis has boosted a new socialisation of cultural...

An analysis of statistics reveals that expenditure by the public in Italy on entertainment and amusements, that is box office takings for the cinema, theatre and concerts, the gate for sporting events, money spent on dancing and other popular amusements, as well as on private television and radio...

Seen within the framework of a general increase in consumption, Italian spending on goods and services relating to recreation, entertainment, education and culture went up in 1987 by only 1.3%. The situation was static regarding expenditure on books, newspapers and periodicals, whilst the...

Museums as institutions represent an important instrument for cultural/social inclusion with the purpose of educating people about cultural heritage, promoting knowledge of it and the creation of a new and aware participative relationship between the civil community and the cultural heritage...