Monthly Statistical Bulletin, march 2022

MARCH 2022 37 MONTHLY STATISTICAL BULLETIN Tourism activity kept accelerating in February In February 2022: • The tourist accommodation sector1 registered 1.2 million guests and 2.9 million overnight stays. These figures represent, in comparison with the same month of the previous year, increases of: » 507.0% in the number of guests (+182.3.0% in January); » 527.1% in the number of overnight stays (+185.0% in January); The figures attained in February 2022 were, however, lower than in February 2020, when there were still no effects of the pandemic, with reductions of 21.2% in guests and 23.1% in overnight stays; Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments, per month Cumulative sum Overnight stays in February 2022 – year-on-year rates of change • The domestic market contributed 1.2 million overnight stays (+251.8% year-on-year) and the external markets totalled 1.8 million (+1,173.3%); • Compared to February 2020, there were reductions both in overnight stays of residents (-11.1%) and non-residents (-29.2%); • The distribution of total overnight stays by type of accommodation was as follows: » Hotels and similar: 81.4%; » Local accommodation: 15.3%; » Lodging/rural tourism: 3.3%. 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 Type of accommodation Rate of change compared to February 2021 Rate of change compared to February 2020 Hotels and similar +621,2% -26,4% Local accommodation +281,8% -6,9% Rural/lodging tourism +404,1% +12,6%

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