SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 21JUL 2021

July . 21 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 5/12 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Tourist activity kept growing in May, but still far from the figures of May 2019, especially in non-residents tourism In May 2021, the tourist accommodation sector 1 registered: • 1.0 million guests (126.6 thousand in May 2020); • 2.1 million overnight stays (261.6 thousand in May 2020). Compared to May 2019, the following was registered: • Guests: -62.3%; • Overnight stays (total): -68.6%; » Overnight stays of residents: -22.3%; » Overnight stays of non-residents: -83.8%. Guests in tourist establishments, Portugal Overnights stays in tourist establishments, Portugal 0 500.000 1,000.000 1,500.000 2,000.000 2,500.000 3,000.000 May 2019 May 2020 May 2021 Total Non-residents Residents No. No. 0 1,000.000 2,000.000 3,000.000 4,000.000 5,000.000 6,000.000 7,000.000 May 2019 May 2020 May 2021 Total Non-residents Residents 1 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 tourist. In the first five months of 2021, compared to the previous year, the lowest reductions in the number of overnight stays were registered in: • Alentejo: -0.4%; • Região Autónoma dos Açores: -16.4%; • Centro: -26.8%; • Norte: -39.3%. The remaining regions accounted for over 50% reductions. 0 100,000 200,000 300,000 RA Madeira RA Açores Algarve Alentejo AM Lisboa Centro Norte Non-residents Residents Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments, by region NUTS II – May 2021