In the 2nd quarter of 2023, residents in Portugal made a total of 5.7 million trips, an increase of 6.1% (+1.0% compared to the 2nd quarter of 2019; +11.8% in the 1st quarter of 2023). Domestic trips were decisive for this increase, rising by 5.5% (+1.5% when compared to the 2nd quarter of 2019) to 4.8 million, which represented 85.6% of the total trips. Trips abroad grew by 9.8%, totalling 812.2 thousand trips, (14.4% of the total) and gradually approached 2019 levels, falling 1.9% below these figures in the 2nd quarter of 2023 (-4.6% in the 1st quarter of 2023). 

“Leisure, recreation, or holidays”, the main reason for travelling in the 2nd quarter of 2023, increased by 9.1% (+0.5% compared to the 2nd quarter of 2019) and accounted for 48.4% of the total (+1.3 p.p. compared to the 2nd quarter of 2022), reaching 2.7 million trips. “Visit to relatives or friends” was the motivation for 2.1 million trips (37.8% of the total, -1.1 p.p. vis-à-vis the 2nd quarter of 2022), growing by 3.2% (+1.3% compared to the 2nd quarter of 2019).

"Hotels and similar establishments" accounted for 25.3% of overnight stays from tourism trips in the 2nd quarter of 2023. The "free private accommodation" remained the main option in terms of accommodation (60.4% of overnight stays).

When organising trips, the Internet was used in 25.6% of cases (-0.8 p.p.), with this option being used in 64.8% (-7.2 p.p.) of trips abroad and in 19.0% of domestic trips, which remained unchanged from the 2nd quarter of 2022.