SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 22 mar-2021

March . 22 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 2/11 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt More information available at: Tourism activity, flash estimate – January 2021 (01 March 2021) Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments by country of residence – Jan. 2021 (year-on-year rate of change) By type of accommodation, the outcome regarding overnight stays in January 2021, in year-on-year terms, was as follows: • Hotels and similar: -81.4% (representing 71.1% of total overnight stays); • Local accommodation: -63.4% (weight of 25.1% in the total of overnight stays); • Rural/lodging tourism: -54.2% (standing for 3.8% of the total overnight stays). Overnight stays Guests 10 3 Year-on-year change 10 3 Year-on-year change Total 709.9 -78.2% 308.4 -78.3% Residents 427.0 -60.3% 227.8 -65.5% Non-residents 282.8 -87.0 80.6 -89.4% Overnight stays and Guests in January 2021 In January, there were still large year-on-year decreases in tourists from all the main inbound markets, of which seven had decreases of more than 90%. In January 2021, in Portugal, all NUTS 2 regions registered decreases above 50% in the number of overnight stays: • The lowest reductions occurred in Alentejo (-59.3%) and Centro (-69.3%); • The largest reductions were registered in Área Metropolitana de Lisboa (-81.9%), Região Autónoma da Madeira (-81.2%) and Algarve (-80.6%). In this month, Área Metropolitana de Lisboa concentrated 27.5% of overnigt stays, followed by Norte (19.4%) and Algarve (15.3%). Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments, by region NUTS II – January 2021 -98.1% -95.2% -94.3% -94.2% -92.7% -91.6% -91.1% -88.9% -87.4% -84.2% -82.1% -80.8% -78.0% -77.1% -75.3% -69.5% China Denmark Canada USA Brazil UK Netherlands Sweden Spain Italy Ireland Belgium France Switzerland Germany Poland 0 50 000 100 000 150 000 RA Madeira RA Açores Algarve Alentejo AM Lisboa Centro Norte Non-residents Residents In January, 54.0% of tourist accommodation establishments will have not operated or will have not registered any guests (52.3% in the previous month).