Monthly Statistical Bulletin, April 2022

APRIL 2022 37 Overnight stays spent by tourist during trips, by month More information is available at: Tourism demand of residents – 4th quarter of 2021 27 April 2022 • Trips abroad amounted to 398.9 thousand, corresponding to: » +547.3% in year-on-year terms; » 8.7% of total trips, the highest proportion since the 1st quarter of 2020 (5.9% in the previous quarter; 11.5% in the 4th quarter of 2019); » 37.0% fewer trips when compared to the 4th quarter of 2019; • The main reasons for travelling were: » Visit to family or friends with 2.3 million trips (98.1%more trips when compared to the same period of the previous year, but 16.3% fewer trips when compared to the 4th quarter of 2019); » Leisure, recreation, or holidays with 1.7 million trips (+118.0% year-on-year; -10.3% compared to the same period in 2019); • Free private accommodation remained the main choice of residents for their overnight stays on tourist trips, with 77.2% of the total, while Hotels and similar registered a share of 19.2%; • Each resident tourist slept an average of 4.67 nights (5.01 nights in December) on trips made (5.22 nights in the 4th quarter of 2020 and 4.49 nights in the same period in 2019). 9.70 6.64 5.46 5.09 4.31 5.84 8.71 9.26 5.56 4.49 4.25 5.01 0.00 2.50 5.00 7.50 10.00 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2019 2020 2021 No. nights

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