Farming is still a major economic resource for
Palermo province. Tourism, thanks to the plenty of naturalistic, historical and
cultural sites across the province, has much developed in the past decades. The
wine industry is today as much important. Boasting an old tradition that is
rooted in the Phoenecian occupation of the area in remotest times, it entered a
period of alternate decline and revival under the Spanish. Most vineyards are
located in the hilly hinterland, notably in the of San Cipirello and Ficuzza
districts. Most of production consists of table wines.