In the 3rd quarter of 2022, residents in Portugal made 8.2 million trips, i.e., an increase of 5.9% (-5.8% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019). Domestic trips corresponded to 88.4% of the total trips (7.2 million), decreasing by 0.6% (-5.2% when compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019). Trips abroad increased by 109.0% but remained 10.6% below the levels recorded in 2019, amounting to 950.6 thousand trips.

“Leisure, recreation, or holidays” were the main reasons for travelling in the 3rd quarter of 2022 (5.5 million trips, +1.5%; -4.9% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019), despite the loss of representativeness (66.9% of the total, -2.9 p.p. vis-à-vis the 3rd quarter of 2021). The “visit to relatives or friends” followed as a reason to travel, growing by 11.7% (-6.4% compared to the 3rd quarter of 2019), and corresponded to 2.2 million trips (26.4% of the total; +1.4 p.p.).

“Hotels and similar” tourism establishments accounted for 31.0% of overnight stays spent on tourism trips in the 3rd quarter of 2022, growing in representativeness (+1.7 p.p.) and surpassing pre-pandemic levels (+3.7 p.p. in comparison with the 3rd quarter of 2019). “Free private accommodation” remained as the main accommodation option (54.5% of overnight stays; -2.2 p.p.).

The internet was used in 29.9% of the bookings (+4.6 p.p.), having been an option in 66.0% (+0.7 p.p.) of trips abroad and 25.1% (+2.3 p.p.) of domestic trips.