 The province has a thriving economy, in the metropolitan area and the "Alta Pianura", due to the presence of numerous enterprises of every kind, mainly industrial ones, but also from tertiary and primary economical sectors; these areas are also densely populated.The "Bassa Pianura" is instead a mainly rural area, thus being poorer and less populated.Tourism is developed above all in the spa towns, while both in Padua and in the other parts of the province it may be considered under-developed, aside from the arrival of large numbers of pilgrims in Padua.