SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 6 Nov-2020

www.ine.pt page 1/15 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Statistics Portugal makes available the weekly report for monitoring the social and economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. This report covers the press releases concerning: - Tourism Demand of Residents – 2 nd Quarter 2020, published on October 26; - Survey on bank evaluation on housing – September 2020, published on October 28; - Tourism activity - Flash Estimate – September 2020, published on October 29; - Monthly Employment and Unemployment Estimates – September 2020, published on October 29; - Business and consumer surveys – October 2020, published on October 29; - House prices statistics at local level – 2 nd Quarter 2020, published on October 29; - Quarterly national accounts - Flash Estimates around 30 days after the end of the reference quarter – 3 rd Quarter 2020, published on October 30; - CPI/HICP Flash Estimate – October 2020, published on October 30; - Business turnover, Employment, Wages and salaries, and hours worked indices – September 2020, published on October 30; - Deaths by week – Preliminary data 2020, published on October 30. For further details, see the links available throughout this press release. November . 06 . 2020 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 Tourism trips of residents declined by 59% domestically and barely existed to destinations abroad In the 2 nd quarter of 2020, residents in Portugal made 2.0 million trips, corresponding to a decrease of 64.9% in year-on-year terms (-20.0% in the 1 st quarter of 2020). This quarterly reduction results from reductions of 89.2% in April (when the State of Emergency was declared due to the COVID-19 pandemic), 60.5% in May (declaration of the State of Calamity), and 43.2% in June (end of the confinement). In the 2 nd quarter of 2020, 99.4% of the trips made by residents were domestic trips, which represented a 59.1% reduction compared to the same quarter of the previous year (rates of change of -87.4% in April, -55.2% in May, and -32.8% in June).