SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 8 Jan-2021

January . 08 . 2021 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 www.ine.pt page 4/7 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt More information available at: Tourism activity, flash estimate – November 2020 (30 December 2020) Contraction in tourist activity sharpened in November In November 2020, the tourist accommodation sector should have registered 416,000 guests and 950,000 overnight stays, corresponding to year-on-year rates of change of -76.3% and -76.7% respectively (-59.7% and -63.3% in October, in the same order). In November, the tourist activity also presented the following records, in year-on-year terms: • Overnight stays of residents: 543.3 thousand, -58.6% (-21.7% in October); • Overnight stays of non-residents: 407.3 thousand, -85.2% (-76.4% in October); • Resident guests: 293.1 thousand, -62.3% (-24.5% in October); • Non-resident guests: 122.6 thousand, -87.5% (-77.9% in October). Alentejo continued to show the smallest decrease in the number of overnight stays compared to the same month of the previous year: -55.2% (-49.5% in the previous month). In November, the year-on-year decreases (over 70%) in tourists from all major inbound markets remained high, with 12 countries showing reductions of over 80%. Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments by country of residence – November 2020 (year-on-year rate of change) In November, 46.4% of tourist accommodation establishments would have been closed or would have not registered any movement of guests (32.1% in the previous month). -96.2% -95.3% -95.0% -92.8% -91.4% -89.2% -84.9% -84.1% -83.7% -83.4% -81.7% -80.8% -79.5% -79.0% -70.7% -70.5% China USA Canada Denmark Brazil Sweden United Kingdom Spain Ireland Switzerland Italy France Netherlands Germany Poland Belgium