The Covid-19 emergency and the repositioning of tourism in the internal areas: first reflections on Irpinia

The Covid-19 emergency, with lockdown, travel restrictions, fear of contagion, need for distancing, have changed the times and ways of taking holidays This work aims to be a moment of reflection on territorial and tourism policies implemented as a response to the pandemic in for internal area Through a focus on Irpinia, it wants to understand how much these investment opportunities are capable of transforming in lasting impacts for local communities, with propulsive and sustainable effects over time, and if they are able to support the trend of proximity tourism and to encourage a social and economic recovery of notably weak areas