Benchmarking Report for the Villa Manin Euroregion

BENCHMARKING REPORT FOR THE VILLA MANIN EUROREGION International Regional Benchmarking Study 2009 Editor BAKBASEL Editorial Staff Martina Schriber Dr. Urs Müller Michael Grass Preetha Kalambaden Beat Stamm Dr. Andrea Wagner Information and communication Marc Bros de Puechredon, T +41 61 279 97 25 [email protected] Postal Address BAK Basel Economics AG Güterstrasse 82 CH-4053 Basel T +41 61 279 97 00 F +41 61 279 97 28 [email protected] http://www.bakbasel.com © 2009 by BAK Basel Economics AG Villa Manin Euroregion 2009 Contents Summary .................................................................................................................................... 5 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 What is the reason for this study?..........................................................................................7 1.2 Geographic position ..............................................................................................................9 2 Economic and social profile............................................................................................ 11 2.1 Economic profile .................................................................................................................11 2.1.1 Economic strength ..............................................................................................................12 2.1.2 Employment .......................................................................................................................13 2.1.3 Productivity ........................................................................................................................14 2.2 Population and social profile ................................................................................................17 2.2.1 Distribution of population ....................................................................................................17 2.2.2 Population structure............................................................................................................18 2.2.3 Unemployment ...................................................................................................................20 3 Benchmarking of economic performance ...................................................................... 21 3.1 GDP growth........................................................................................................................21 3.2 Population growth...............................................................................................................24 3.3 Employment growth............................................................................................................25 3.4 Productivity growth.............................................................................................................26 3.5 Breakdown of economic development ..................................................................................27 4 Benchmarking of economic sector performance............................................................ 29 4.1 The three classic economic sectors ......................................................................................29 4.1.1 Primary sector ....................................................................................................................30 4.1.2 Secondary sector ................................................................................................................31 4.1.3 Tertiary sector....................................................................................................................33 4.2 The five key sectors............................................................................................................35 4.2.1 The new economy sector ....................................................................................................38 4.2.2 The urban sector ................................................................................................................39 4.2.3 The traditional industries sector...........................................................................................40 4.3 Some segments of industry and services ..............................................................................41 4.3.1 Capital goods industry.........................................................................................................42 4.3.2 The consumer goods industry..............................................................................................44 4.3.3 Trade.................................................................................................................................46 4.3.4 Transport and communications services ...............................................................................48 5 The tourism economy..................................................................................................... 50 5.1 Economic performance........................................................................................................50 5.2 Tourism competitiveness factors..........................................................................................55 5.2.1 Tourism supply...................................................................................................................55 5.2.2 Tourism Demand ................................................................................................................57 6 Economic attractiveness ................................................................................................ 62 6.1 Accessibility and transportation infrastructure.......................................................................63 6.1.1 Accessibility Index ..............................................................................................................63 6.1.2 Transportation Infrastructure ..............................................................................................64 6.1.3 Summary of Accessibility.....................................................................................................69 6.2 Innovation Capacity ............................................................................................................70 BAKBASEL 1 Villa Manin Euroregion 2009 6.2.1 Research and development expenditures .............................................................................70 6.2.2 Quality of Universities .........................................................................................................72 6.2.3 Availability of qualified workforce.........................................................................................73 6.2.4 Summary of Innovation.......................................................................................................74 6.3 Regolamentazione dei mercati .............................................................................................76 6.3.1 Concept .............................................................................................................................76 6.3.2 Product Markets .................................................................................................................77 6.3.3 Labour Markets...................................................................................................................79 6.3.4 Conclusion and remarks ......................................................................................................80 7 Conclusions .................................................................................................................... 81 References ............................................................................................................................... 83 2 BAKBASEL Villa Manin Euroregion 2009 List of tables Tab. 2-1 Nominal GDP and number of persons in employment in 2008...........................................11 Tab. 4-1 Importance of the three classic sectors in 2008...............................................................29 Tab. 5-1 Number of Beds, Number of Hotels, average Hotel Size ...................................................56 Tab. 5-2 Visitor nights by country of residence, 2007 ....................................................................60 Tab. 6-1 Number of passengers in the airports in 2006 .................................................................65 Tab. 7-1 Main points in SWOT analysis.........................................................................................82 List of illustrations Fig. 1-1 Villa Manin Euroregion, its components and benchmark regions .........................................9 Fig. 2-1 Gross Domestic Product per Capita.................................................................................12 Fig. 2-2 Employment to population ratio......................................................................................13 Fig. 2-3 Labour productivity........................................................................................................14 Fig. 2-4 Hourly Productivity ........................................................................................................15 Fig. 2-5 Resident population.......................................................................................................17 Fig. 2-6 Population structure of the Villa Manin Euroregion...........................................................18

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