In the 1st quarter of 2023, residents in Portugal made 4.9 million trips, an increase of 11.8% (+3.9% compared to the 1st quarter of 2019; +8.5% in the 4th quarter of 2022). Domestic trips stood for 88.7% of the total trips (4.3 million) and increased by 9.3% (+5.0% when compared to the 1st quarter of 2019. Trips abroad grew by 35.8%, totalling 549.1 thousand trips, which corresponded to 11.3% of the total (12.1% in the 4th quarter of 2022). Regarding residents’ trips abroad, there has been a progressive approach to 2019 levels, which were still 4.6% below those levels in the 1st quarter of 2023 (in the 1st quarter of 2022 this difference was -29.8%).

"Visit to relatives or friends” was the main reason for travelling in the 1st quarter of 2023 (2.2 million trips, 46.1% of the total, -0.9 p.p. compared to the 1st quarter of 2022), increasing by 9.6% (+8.1% compared to the 1st quarter of 2019). "Leisure, recreation, or holidays" was the motivation for 1.9 million trips (39.5% of the total, +1.5 p.p.), growing by 16.2% (+7.5% compared to the 1st quarter of 2019).

"Hotels and similar establishments" accounted for 23.6% (+2.7 p.p.) of overnight stays from tourism trips in the 1st quarter of 2023. The "free private accommodation" remained the main option (68.7% of overnight stays, -3.6 p.p.).

When organising travels, the internet was used in 22.2% of the situations (+2.3 p.p.), having been an option in 68.9% of trips abroad (+0.8 p.p.) and in 16.3% of domestic trips (+1.3 p.p.).