An italian model of original hospitality

The paper aims to analyze the original model of hospitality raised up in tourist unexplored terri-tories and defined as an instrument for the local economies’ development. Villages, often marginalized, can be recovered and they can regain their cultural, social and eco-nomic value (Brogna e Cocco, 2015), thanks to the hospitality model called Albergo Diffuso - literally translated into widespread hotel or Diffused Hotel -. Territories and local culture become basic components of the hospitable services offered, as well as fundamental elements for the development of the Diffused Hotel. This instrument of hospitality focuses on the themes of authenticity, experience, relationships, and local develop-ment (Olivieri, 2014). Thanks to a qualitative method based on interview into the local scale case study, and a screening methodology with topical relevance in the selected territory - the his-torical region of Ciociaria -, it will be analyzed the accommodation model as a possible strategy to generate development in a marginalized area.