▁Mar che . ▁ ▁Since ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁the ▁economy ▁of ▁the ▁region ▁has ▁been ▁rad ically ▁transformed , ▁without ▁however ▁rep udi ating ▁its ▁rural ▁past . ▁Many ▁of ▁the ▁small ▁craft ▁work sh ops ▁scattered ▁throughout ▁the ▁rural ▁settlement s ▁have ▁modern ised ▁and ▁become ▁small ▁business es , ▁some ▁of ▁which ▁have ▁become ▁major ▁br ands ▁known ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world ▁( Ind es it , ▁Tod ' s , ▁Gu zz ini , ▁Te u co ). ▁This ▁evolution ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁emer gence ▁of ▁' special ised ' ▁industrial ▁areas , ▁which ▁are ▁still ▁prof itable : ▁foot we ar ▁and ▁le ather ▁goods ▁in ▁a ▁large ▁area ▁str add ling ▁the ▁provinces ▁of ▁Mac er ata ▁and ▁F ermo ; ▁furn iture ▁in ▁the ▁P es aro ▁area ▁in ▁particular ; ▁household ▁app li ances ▁and ▁text ile ▁industry ▁in ▁the ▁province ▁of ▁An con a , ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁main ▁engineering ▁companies ▁are ▁also ▁to ▁be ▁found ▁( including ▁ship ▁building , ▁pet ro chem ical s ▁and ▁paper , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁consumer ▁dur ables ). ▁The ▁city ▁of ▁Cast elf id ardo ▁remains ▁an ▁important ▁centre ▁for ▁the ▁production ▁of ▁musical ▁instruments , ▁the ▁accord ion ▁in ▁particular . ▁The ▁region ▁continues ▁to ▁draw ▁tour ists , ▁whose ▁increasing ▁numbers ▁have ▁been ▁attract ed ▁by ▁the ▁rich ▁and ▁broad ly ▁distributed ▁her itage ▁of ▁history ▁and ▁monuments , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁by ▁the ▁traditional ▁se as ide ▁resort s .