Portugal's tourism revenues up 26.1% in the year to July

15-09-23

Revenue in Portugal's tourism sector in the first seven months of the year grew by 26.1 % compared to the same period in 2022, to 3,234.8 million euros, with 42.8 million overnight stays, up 14.8 %.

This growth occurred despite the slowdown recorded in recent months, as revenues in July increased by 10.6 %, compared to 13.8 % in June, according to data released today by Portugal's National Statistics Institute (INE).

Moreover, compared to the period from January to July 2019, before the pandemic, tourism receipts grew by 38.9 %.

Between January and July, 42.8 million overnight stays were recorded in tourist accommodation establishments, 14.8 % more than in those months of 2022.

This increase was mainly driven by the number of nights spent in the country by non-resident tourists, which rose by 19.4 %, while overnight stays by locals grew by 5.2 %.

The number of guests reached 16.8 million, an increase of 17.6 % compared to the first seven months of the previous year.

The average room occupancy rate from January to July was 56 %, almost five percentage points higher than a year earlier, and the average stay stood at 2.55 nights.

Through this amendment, the government mandates the AFAC to carry out administrative investigations of aviation accidents and incidents to determine responsibilities, in order to impose safety measures and penalties.

For its part, the Undersecretariat of Transport retains the investigation of such aviation accidents and incidents with the objective of determining the probable causes and factors leading to such accidents and incidents, with a view to preventing others.

All this information has been transmitted through a communiqué from the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transport. However, what has not been specified by the SICT is whether all these decisions stem from the meeting held by members of the Mexican AFAC and representatives of the US FAA last week. This meeting served to discuss the process of the aviation safety audit on Category 1 reinstatement.