Growth in the number of guests (+7,2%), in total income (+7,2%) and overnight stays (+2,5%). 2019 was a year of «historic results» for tourism in the Algarve, with the region continuing to represent the largest share of overnight stays nationwide (30% of the total).
The Algarve was even the only region to host more than 20 million overnight stays in tourist developments.
In absolute terms, according to preliminary data released by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), the region reached historic figures of 20,95 million overnight stays, 5,07 million guests and 1,23 billion euros in total income.
The tourist demand in the Algarve continued with a positive performance in every month of the year, with the number of guests increasing between January and December, with one exception in October (a decrease from 459.928 guests to 459.535).
Also considering the evolution of overnight stays throughout the year, it can be seen that the summer months were the ones with the highest number of overnight stays in the Algarve.
This is despite the reduction in the seasonality rate in the destination in almost every month of lower tourist demand (January closed with +8% of overnight stays compared to 2018, February with +1,2%, April with +13,6%, November with +7,8% and December +9%).
In an analysis of outbound markets, domestic tourists totaled 1,47 million guests, growing 8,5% compared to 2018, and foreign tourists registered a total of 3,59 million, an increase of 6,7%.
Here there is an interesting peculiarity: despite Brexit, the number of tourists coming from the UK has increased, reaching 1,19 million.
The Italian market, in turn, grew 26,8% in the number of guests to the Algarve (a total of 87,7 thousand).
There was also growth in emerging markets such as Brazil, which rose 26,5% in the number of guests (total of 82 thousand), and the United States of America with a growth of 19,8% in the number of guests (total of 106 thousand).
Highlight also for the flow at the International Airport of Faro which in 2019 achieved a 3,8% increase in disembarked tourists, with a total of 4,46 million.
For João Fernandes, president of the Algarve Tourism Region (RTA), «the results of tourism activity in the Algarve for 2019 confirm that we are, in fact, the main tourist region in the country, with a fairly consolidated demand».
"These results are proof of the work carried out by public and private agents and reveal the strong resilience of the sector and its capacity to adapt to contingencies in a particularly demanding year", he adds.
«Proof of this capacity are the facts: we achieved a good performance in the British market, thanks to structured anticipation strategies of Brexit, we conquered a greater demand in emitter markets of great global importance such as Brazil and the USA and registered a growth of guests throughout throughout the year, as a result of the region's strong commitment to diversifying its tourism offer», concludes the president of RTA.
AHETA – Association of Hotels and Touristic Enterprises of the Algarve has also been made public to say that the average occupancy rate of hotels and tourist developments in the Algarve reached 63,8% in 2019, 0,9% more than in the previous year, while turnover rose 3,9% in the same period.
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