In the 2nd quarter 2018, tourism trips by residents in Portugal decelerated to +2.1% (+12.1% in the previous quarter; +7.4% in the 4th Q 2017), reaching a total of 4.7 million, despite de acceleration in trips abroad to +18.1% (+14.9% in the previous quarter; +17.1% in the 4th Q 2017), which attained to 621.8 thousand.
“Leisure, recreation or holidays”, with 2.1 million trips, was the main reason to travel (45.3% share, +3.4 p.p.), followed by “visit to relatives or friends” with 2.0 million trips (41.2% of the total, -4.1 p.p.). “Professional or business” trips amounted to 428.8 thousand (9.0% of the total, +0.3 p.p.).