In 2021, trips made by residents increased by 21.6% and amounted to 17.5 million (-28.4% compared to 2019; -41.1% in 2020). Domestic trips increased by 20.2% and trips abroad grew by 48.8% (-22.7% and 67.4%, in the same order, compared to 2019; -35.7% and -78.1%, respectively, in 2020). “Free private accommodation”, despite losing expression, continued to be the main means of accommodation used (66.3%, -2.9 p.p. compared to 2020), and the average number of overnight stays spent per tourist decreased by 1.5% (from 6.72 nights in 2020 to 6.62 nights in 2021).
In the 4th quarter of 2021, residents in Portugal made 4.6 million trips, which corresponded to an increase of 96.1% (-16.5% compared to the 4th quarter of 2019; +21.3% in the 3rd quarter of 2021). Domestic trips corresponded to 91.3% of the total trips (4.2 million) increasing by 84.0% (-13.9% when compared with the 4th quarter of 2019). Trips abroad increased by 547.3% (-37.0% vis-à-vis the same period in 2019), amounting to 398.9 thousand trips, corresponding to 8.7% of total trips (5.9% in the 3rd quarter of 2021).