1. Italy is the most popular touristic destination
The majority of people wants to travel in Italy and a chinese woman already bought a property in Bitcoin in Italy.
Bitcoin could avoid the foreign tourists the need to change, back and forth to a local currency, and many chinese people already have bitcoins, so they could buy stuff without banks and fee involved. If you are seller you can already register on this site, if you accept Bitcoin Lightning Network Payments.
https://www.travelsupermarket.com/en-gb/travel-insurance/where-the-world-wants-to-go-on-holiday/
2. Italy is the first European country to sign BRI agreement with China
It means Italy and China will have a stronger commercial relations in future.
Chinese people also love Bitcoin, but currently the chinese cryptocurrency exchanges had to move abroad (Binance is in Malta, which is very near to Italy)
3. Italy has the biggest public debt in EU
..and Bitcoin is relatively low. So Bitcoin could be a protection against the default.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/274179/national-debt-in-eu-countries
4. Italians are already the biggest Bitcoin holders in Europe
Accordingly to the European Central Bank, Italy has the biggest percentage of Bitcoin hodlers in European Union
5. Italy is the 1st EU trade partner with Iran
Currently Iran can't trade abroad because of USA sanctions. But with Bitcoin, Italy could trade again with Iran.
https://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/profile/country/irn/
6. Italy is a big export country
Many foreign countries could buy directly goods without convert to USD or Euro
http://www.worldstopexports.com/top-european-export-countries/
7. 1 euro isn't always 1 euro
Mario Draghi, the president of ECB sayd that 1 euro equals 1 euro, but bank accounts are guaranteed just up to 100,000 euro. So the surplus in the bank account could be converted in Bitcoin in case of Euro collapse.
What do you think? Would You visit Italy sooner if You could spend Bitcoin or cryptocurrencies directly? Leave a comment!
NOTE: It's not an investment advice, invest at your own risk and do your own research