SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 8 Oct -2020

October . 08 . 2020 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 11/14 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Tourist activity keeps recovery in August Overnight stays of residents will have grown in some regions According to the flash estimate, in August 2020, the tourist accommodation sector should have registered 1.9 million guests and 5.1 million overnight stays, corresponding to year- on-year rates of change of -43.2% and -47.2%, respectively (-64.0% and -68.1% in July, in the same order). In August, in year-on-year terms: • Overnight stays of residents would have been 3.4 million, -2.4% (-30.8% in July); • Overnight stays of non-residents would have been 1.7 million, -72.0% (-84.5% in July); • Resident guests would have been 1.3 million, -4.7% (-31,9% in July); • Non-resident guests would have been 589.0 thousand, -70.1% (-83.4% in July). Alentejo region will have continued to present the smallest decrease in the number of overnight stays, compared to the same month last year, decreasing by 15.1% (-4.0% in the residents and -57.4% in the non-residents) after the negative variation of 26.2% in the previous month. In July, there were very significant decreases (over 50%), in year-on-year terms, in tourists from all the main inbound markets. Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments by main countries of origin of tourists (year-on-year change) In August, 21,0% of the tourist accommodation establishments will have been closed or will have not registered any movement of guests (27.8% in July). -93.2% -92.6% -92.5% -92.0% -87.2% -83.8% -82.9% -79.7% -74.9% -73.2% -71.2% -67.5% -60.5% -59.6% -57.3% -50.4% USA Canada China Ireland Denmark Poland Brazil United Kingdom Italy Sweden Netherlands Belgium France Germany Spain Switzerland More information available at: Tourism activity, flash estimate – August 2020 (1 October 2020)