Important Notice (Updated October 2025)

Statistical reporting requirements for accommodation providers in Italy are mandatory. Please review this guide carefully and make sure your property is connected to statistical reporting before your next monthly deadline. Hosts who do not submit reports may face penalties from local authorities.

What is Statistical Reporting?

Statistical reporting is a legal monthly obligation for all accommodation providers in Italy. You must send tourism data about your property to the authorities each month, even if your property was closed or had no guests.

These reports help track tourism trends at both national and local levels, so governments and local administrations can plan tourism more effectively.

For full details on the reporting rules, see the official ISTAT Reporting Guidelines.

What Information is Required?

Each month, hosts must report the following details for their property:

• Property name
• Property type (for example, hotel, B&B, or holiday home)
• Days open or closed
  • A property is considered open if it was available for at least one day in the month.
  • A property is considered closed only if it remained closed for the entire month.
• Total available rooms for that month
• Total available beds for that month
• Total number of guests checked in during that month
• Guest nationalities
  • If guests are Italian, the province where they reside must also be reported.
• Total number of occupied nights

Note on Manual Submissions

If you submit your report manually instead of using Holidu's automatic connection, some regional portals, such as ROSS1000, may ask for additional information like your guests' ID document numbers. This is only required for manual submissions. If you use Holidu's automatic reporting, this information is not required and is not sent.

How Do Hosts Get Credentials?

Each province in Italy has its own regional portal where hosts must register to obtain login credentials. The process can vary depending on the local authority, but in general you will need to:

1. Identify the correct regional portal based on your property's location.
2. Register as an accommodation provider on the portal.
3. Receive your login credentials (username and password).
4. Use these credentials to submit your monthly statistical reports.

If you are unsure where to register, contact your local municipality or tourism office for guidance.

How to Submit the Report?

Each province in Italy has its own regional portal where accommodation providers submit their data. To make this easier, Holidu offers an automatic statistical reporting feature as part of its regulatory support for the Italian market. Once your account is connected, the required data is submitted for you, so you spend less time on manual reporting.

How to Enable Automatic Reporting

Connect your stats account in Holidu, and the integration will take care of the recurring monthly submissions.

Automatic Reporting for Empty Periods

The Holidu ISTAT integration also reports to ISTAT when there are no guests during a given month. This helps you stay compliant with reporting requirements even when your property is unoccupied.

Choosing Between Alloggiati Web and Motourist

Your statistical reports may be submitted through Motourist, while guest check-in registration is handled through Alloggiati Web. Be sure to understand the limitations below before choosing your setup.

If You Have Private or Direct Bookings

If your property has private or direct bookings that are not registered through Holidu, keep the following limitations in mind when using the automatic ISTAT connection to Motourist:

• Holidu can only report guest data for bookings registered in the Holidu system. Private or direct bookings are never sent automatically.
• Motourist does not allow mixing automatic and manual submissions. Once your ISTAT connection is active through Holidu, you cannot separately submit your direct bookings manually.

Recommendation: If you have private or direct bookings, do not activate the automatic ISTAT connection to Motourist. Instead, submit your ISTAT statistics manually so that they cover all of your bookings.

Your Alloggiati Web connection, which is used for guest check-in registration, is not affected by this and can remain automated.

How to Connect Your Property to Statistics Reporting

Follow these steps to connect your property and automate your guest reporting:

1. Go to the "Statistics Connection" section in your Holidu account.
2. Set up the integration with your stats account to automate guest reporting.
3. Click Validate and Save changes.

Once connected, Holidu will handle your recurring submissions. If you have private or direct bookings, review the section above on choosing between Alloggiati Web and Motourist before you finish setup.