MAY 2022 38 Tourism activity exceeded that of April 2019 In April 2022: • The tourist accommodation sector1 registered 2.4 million guests and 6.0 million overnight stays. These results represent, compared to the same month of the previous year, increases of: » 424.6% in guests (+462.6% in March); » 548.4% in overnight stays (+540.6% in March); This is the first time that there has been growth in comparison with the same period before the pandemic: 1.6% in guests and 1.1% in overnight stays; Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments, per month Cumulative sum Type of accommodation Rate of change compared to April 2021 Rate of change compared to April 2019 Hotels and similar +628.9% +0.9% Local accommodation +349.4% -3.9% Rural/lodging tourism +234.7% +32.7% Overnight stays in April 2022 – year-on-year rates of change • The domestic market contributed 1.9 million overnight stays (+193.6% year-on-year) and the external markets amounted to 4.1 million (+1,403.2%); • Compared to April 2019 (the period before the pandemic), the number of overnight stays spent by residents increased (+15.0%), but those spent by non-residents, despite reaching the maximum value since the beginning of the pandemic, remained negative (-4.4%); • The distribution of total overnight stays by type of accommodation was as follows: » Hotels: 83.1%; » Local accommodation: 13.4%; » Rural/lodging tourism: 3.5%. • 22.9% of tourist accommodation establishments were closed or did not handle any guests (32.6% in the previous month; 50.4% in April 2021, and 88.5% in April 2020); 1 It includes three types of accommodation facilities: hotel establishments (hotels, apartment hotels, tourist apartments, tourist villages, pousadas and quintas da Madeira), local accommodation with 10 or more beds (according to the statistical threshold defined by EU Regulation 692/2011) and rural/lodging tourism. 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 106 Overnight stays 2019 2020 2021 2022
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