Tourist accommodation recorded 26,5 million guests and 69,5 million overnight stays in 2022, which correspond to year-on-year increases of 83,3% and 86,3%, respectively, according to preliminary data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE) , released today.
According to the quick estimate of tourist activity, “in the year 2022 as a whole (preliminary data), tourist accommodation establishments recorded 26,5 million guests and 69,5 million overnight stays, which translated into increases of 83,3. 86,3% and 38,6% (+44,7% and +2021% in XNUMX, respectively)”.
Comparing with 2019, before the pandemic, guests decreased by 2,3% and overnight stays decreased by 0,9% (+8,6% in residents and -5,0% in non-residents).
In 2022, there were increases in overnight stays from residents in all regions, compared to 2019.
In terms of overnight stays from non residents, the main increases were seen in the Azores (+5,1%), Madeira (+4,5%) and the North (+4,3%) and, on the other hand, the sharpest decreases were observed in if in the Center (-13,1%) and Algarve (-11,3%).
The United Kingdom remained the main outbound market in 2022, accounting for 19,3% of overnight stays from non residents, almost tripling compared to 2021 (+191,9%; -4,0% compared to 2019). The German (11,5%), Spanish (10,8%) and French (9,3%) markets followed, but the highest growth was recorded in the North American market (7,5% weight). which increased by 327,4% (+26,9% compared to 2019).
In an analysis for the month of December, INE noted that tourist accommodation registered 1,6 million guests and 3,7 million overnight stays, which correspond to year-on-year increases of 44,2% and 44,6%, respectively.
Compared to December 2019, the number of guests grew by 1,9% and overnight stays increased by 5,5%.
In the last month of the year, the internal market contributed with 1,4 million overnight stays and increased by 28,3%, while the external markets totaled 2,3 million overnight stays, which represents a growth of 57,1%.
Compared to December 2019, there were increases of 11,4% in overnight stays from residents and 2,1% from non-residents.
In December, 32,5% of tourist accommodation establishments were closed or did not register guests, compared to 32,7% in November.
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