Basilicata took 0.54% of Italy's nights in 2024

Basilicata recorded 2,511,372¹ overnight stays in 2024, which is 0.54%¹ of the 466,158,045² nights registered across Italian accommodation that year.

The number, and the denominator

Italy's accommodation businesses recorded 466,158,045² overnight stays in 2024, summed across the 21 statistical regions. Basilicata's share of that was 2,511,372¹ nights, or 0.54%¹.

Put next to a region that draws tens of millions, this is a different order of magnitude. Basilicata is not managing crowds at the regional scale; it is managing them at a handful of addresses.

Nights against residents

The region holds 525,281³ residents at January 1, 2026, spread across 131³ comuni and only two provinces, Potenza and Matera. Set 2,511,372¹ nights against 525,281³ people and the ratio stays low by Italian standards.

That arithmetic is the honest way to talk about pressure. A single number of visitors means nothing until you know how many people and how much territory absorb them.

Where the data stops

The series used here reports nights by region, not by comune, so the share taken by Matera is not stated on this page. Anyone quoting a Matera specific figure is using another source, and it is worth asking which.

What we can say is the scale of the town doing the absorbing: Matera had 59,368⁴ residents at January 1, 2026 on the ISTAT estimate. A regional total that looks small can still be heavy on a town of that size.

Why 2025 is not compared

Every year on year comparison on this site uses 2024, and that is a methodological choice rather than laziness. ISTAT changed the perimeter of the accommodation survey in 2025 by adding non-professional rentals.

A headline growth figure that straddles that change measures the new definition as much as it measures new visitors. Until a like for like series exists, 2024 is the last clean year.

What to do with the number

Book normally, and plan carefully in exactly two situations: the Sassi of Matera in high season, and any site with a fixed capacity and a booking system.

Everywhere else, 0.54%¹ of the national total is your permission to travel without a spreadsheet. More in Basilicata, regions by overnight stays and crowds and caps.

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