The occupancy rate per room of hotel units in the Algarve was 72,7%, an increase both in relation to 2022 and in relation to 2019, the last “normal” tourist year before the pandemic, according to the Association of Hotels and Enterprises Algarve Tourists (AHETA).
Occupancy in October 2023 was 4,8 percentage points (pp) higher than in the same month in 2022 and 2,3 pp higher than in 2019.
«The markets that contributed most to the year-on-year increase were the German market, with +1,7pp, the Irish market, with +0,6pp, and the North American market, with +0,5pp», according to AHETA.
By geographic areas, «the biggest increases compared to the previous year occurred in areas of Monte Gordo / Vila Real de Santo António (+13,7pp), Carvoeiro / Armação de Pêra (+12,6pp) and Tavira (+8,0pp)».
The average stay was 4,5 nights, «0,6 more than in the same month of 2022. The longest average stays were those in the Danish market, with 7,1 nights and the Dutch market, with 6,5».
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