North American tourists boosting numbers

• 6 November, 23

Tourist accommodation registered 8.2 million overnight stays in September, an increase of 6.7%, due to the growth of the non-resident market, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE).

According to quick statistics on tourist activity, in September, the tourist accommodation sector registered 3.2 million guests, which corresponds to an increase of 9% compared to the same month of the previous year.

The growth in overnight stays was due to the increase in non-resident markets, which grew 11.3% to 5.9 million, with resident overnight stays recording a decrease of 3.3%, to 2.3 million.

North American market

In foreign markets, Canada and the United States continued to stand out, with the highest growth rates (33.7% and 23.7%, respectively).

The Austrian market also recorded significant growth of 21.5%.

The increases in overnight stays were most significant in the North region (13.5%), the Centre (12.3%) and the Azores (9.8%).

Regarding occupancy in tourist accommodation establishments, there was an increase of one percentage point in September, to 57.3% net bed occupancy rate and a further 1.3 percentage points, to 69.2% net rate of room occupancy.

In the third quarter as a whole, overnight stays increased by 3.2%, as a result of the growth in overnight stays from non-residents (+7.2%), with the domestic market recording a decrease of 4.4%, added INE.

Cre: Portugalnews