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Guests and overnight stays reach historical maximum in August, but with a slight reduction in external markets compared to 2019
Tourism activity
Flash Estimate: August 2022
Guests and overnight stays reach historical maximum in August, but with a slight reduction in external markets compared to 2019
30 September 2022

Summary

The tourist accommodation sector registered 3.4 million guests and 9.9 million overnight stays in August 2022, the highest monthly values since there are records, corresponding to year-on-year rates of change of +33.0% and +31.9%, respectively (+85.4% and +90.0% in July, in the same order). Compared to August 2019, there were increases of 1.2% and 2.8%, respectively.

In August, the domestic market contributed with 3.7 million overnight stays (-11.4%) and the external markets amounted to 6.2 million (+86.9%). Compared to August 2019, the domestic market grew by 8.2% and external markets declined by 0.2%.

In the first eight months of 2022, overnight stays increased by 133.8% (+33.7% in residents and +278.4% in non-residents). Compared to the same period in 2019, overnight stays decreased by 3.0% (-7.7% for non-residents and +7.7% for residents).

In August, 11.8% of tourist accommodation establishments were closed or had no movement of guests (18.6% in August 2021).


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