Demand for houses by the sea in Italy is recovering partly thanks to an increase in foreign buyers, according to real estate agency Tecnocasa. The percentage of non-Italians among purchasers of holiday homes in the country has gone from 7.5% of the total in 2015 to 12.1% in 2016.

Foreigners are buying particularly in the southern region of Campania (around Ischia, Sorrento, and in a slightly smaller measure, Amalfi and Positano), in Sicily (in the area of Castellammare del Golfo and Scopello) and in Liguria (there is a notable return of French people in the zone of Imperia and around Savona, maybe looking for greater tranquillity after the tragic events of Nice a year ago) where interventions to build cycle routes are also making the area more attractive.