Overnight stays increased in Portugal

  • 14 February, 26

Tourist accommodation recorded 32.5 million guests and 82.1 million overnight stays in 2025, increases of 3.0% and 2.2%, respectively, compared with 2024, with overnight stays by residents accelerating, reducing dependence on external markets.

According to preliminary data on tourism activity released today by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), 2025 saw an acceleration in the growth of overnight stays by residents (+5.4%; +2.2% in 2024) and a slowdown in those by non-residents (+0.8%; +4.9% in 2024).

Even so, overnight stays by non-residents predominated (69.4% of the total), reaching 57.0 million, while those by residents (30.6% of the total) totalled 25.1 million.

Compared with 2024, the INE (National Institute of Statistics) reports a decrease in dependence on external markets (from 70.3% in 2024).

It emphasises that “since 2015, only in the period between 2020 and 2022, strongly marked by the Covid-19 pandemic, were levels of dependence on external markets lower than those recorded in 2025”.

Cre: The Portugal News

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