Geopolitical tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are beginning to weigh heavily on Italy's peak holiday season and its long-standing tradition of summer road trips. According to the trade association Confesercenti's estimates, the sudden rise in fuel prices has the potential to cost Italian families an estimated €700 million in the months of July and August. In a country where millions of residents prioritize driving and road trips to the Italian coast and villages, fuel price increases directly erode budgets set aside for restaurants, shopping, and tourist accommodations. This event is taking place just ahead of the "black mark" days for highway traffic in early August, aggravated by an extreme heat wave that is already causing energy usage to skyrocket. Faced with this scenario, Italian businesses are pressing the government to act quickly to minimize the fiscal impact on gasoline, emphasizing the country's structural sensitivity to foreign energy shocks, which risk slowing the expansion of the national tourist season.