the zone of Monte Gordo/Vila Real de Santo António was the one with the highest hotel occupancy rate in December, even so slightly below half (49,6%). The lowest occurred in Portimão/Praia da Rocha, which did not exceed 14,5%.
According to data from the Association of Hotels and Touristic Enterprises of the Algarve (AHETA), the areas of Vilamoura/Quarteira/Quinta do Lago (+4,9%) Carvoeiro/Armação de Pêra (+4,6p.p.) and Albufeira (+3,7p.p.) +XNUMXp.p.) were the ones that presented the biggest increases in occupations. None of the zones registered declines in occupations.
At a regional level, the average overall occupancy rate per room was 26,1%, still 4% above the value verified in 2012.
According to AHETA, this increase in occupations also represented a slightly weaker increase in turnover (2,2%).
By nationality, the main increases were registered in the German (47,3%) and Spanish (+27,4%) markets, while the biggest decrease occurred in the Portuguese market (-9,8%).
As for the categories, 3-star tourist villages and apartments (+5,9%), and 5 and 4* (+4,2%) were the ones that presented the biggest increases in occupations.
The 5 and 4* tourist villages and apartments registered the highest occupancy (42,2%). The 5* hotels and aparthotels were the lowest (16,7%).
AHETA ends by stressing that "these data refer only to units that did not close in the period under review."
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