Tourism and crime are two relevant phenomena in Italy. As reported by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT) tourists in Italy have constantly increased.
In 2003, more than fifty per cent of tourist arrivals and nights are concentrated in the Northern part of the country.
As far as crime is concerned, Italy experienced a rather exceptional increase over the last 25 years (+35.7%); this trend is in contrast with what occurs for the same time span in many other Western countries such as US (-20.4%), Canada (-15.8%), the UK (-10.9%), France (-7.5%) and Germany (-6.9%; Eurostat, 2009).
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