The Algarve had a hotel occupancy rate of 72% in October, up 1,5% compared to the same month in 2016, according to data provided by the Associação Hotelaria de Portugal (AHP).
When compared by zone, the occupancy rate was higher in Barlavento (74%), compared to the Center of Algarve (71%) and Sotavento (68%).
Already Average price per occupied room in October was 72 euros, and RevPar (average price for four available) increased by 9%.
According to AHP Tourism Monitors, a data collection tool for the national hotel industry worked out every month by AHP, in October there is a very expressive growth in RevPar, in year-on-year variation at national level, with emphasis on Leiria destinations /Fátima/Templars (up 47%), Costa Azul (up 29%) and Beiras (up 26%).
In October, the occupancy rate per room in Portugal grew 2,1%, compared to October 2016, reaching 79%.
By tourist destinations, Lisbon (92%), Porto (87%) and Madeira (84%) had the highest occupancy rate. In Madeira there was a decrease of 4,4% in this indicator, which was also the result of the winds that conditioned the operation at Cristiano Ronaldo Airport at the beginning of the month and that forced the cancellation of several flights.
RevPar «recorded a very expressive growth of 18%, compared to the same month of the previous year, standing at 71 euros, with the tourist destinations Lisbon (119 euros), Greater Porto (74 euros) and Estoril (70 euros) at record the highest values,” says AHP.
In October, the average revenue per tourist at the hotel increased 8% compared to 2016, standing at 129 euros. In the analysis by tourist destinations, Lisbon was again the destination that grew the most, with an increase of 24% compared to October 2016, followed by the Azores, with an increase of 22%, and Leiria/Fátima/Templários with an increase of 18%.
The average stay was 1,95 days, 1% less than in the same period of the previous year. Madeira (5,40 days), Azores (3,22 days) and Algarve (2,86 days) were the tourist destinations with the highest values. D
As for Madeira and the Algarve, there was a year-on-year decrease of 10% and 3%, respectively, in variation, in this indicator.
Cristina Siza Vieira, executive president of the Hotel Association of Portugal, says that «October was globally good for the national hotel industry».
«The analysis by NUTS allows us to register with great satisfaction that, despite the fires, the destinations in the center of the country (in terms of Tourism Monitor we are talking about four: Beiras, Coimbra, Oeste and Leiria/Fátima/Templários) continue on the ascending path of affirmation . First, in terms of comparative performance, there was another destination that still has a lot of room to grow: the Alentejo (8,5% more)», he adds.
"Notwithstanding the fact that the big cities have been the champions of absolute results, this search for other regions is showing that the bet on diversification is gaining ground", he concludes.
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