The tourist accommodation sector recorded 37.5 million overnight stays in 2021, more thanin 2020, but the lowest number since 2010 if 2020 is excluded, according to StatisticsPortugal (INE).<\/p>\n
Also in 2021 as a whole, 14.5 million guests were recorded, up 39.4% compared to 2020, but down 46.4% compared to 2019, according to data releasedon Mondayby INE.<\/p>\n
The 37.5 million overnight stays mean 45.2% more compared to 2020 and 46.6% less compared to 2019. INE said, excluding 2020, you have to go back to 2010, when 37.4 million overnight stays were recorded, to find a lower number of overnight stays.<\/p>\n
This preliminary data for 2021 was released today by INE, according to which the pandemic context did not only affect the level of tourism activity, and there was a monthly distribution of results different from the characteristic seasonal pattern.<\/p>\n
In 2021, INE saidthatcontrary to usual, it was not the summer months (July to September), but rather the months of August to October that recorded the highest number of overnight stays (49.6% of total overnight stays). <\/p>\n
In December alone, 1.1 million guests and 2.6 million overnight stays were recorded, up 150.0% and 170.4% compared to the same month of 2020, but less than in December 2019.<\/p>\n
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