In the 2nd quarter of 2025, trips taken by residents in Portugal increased by 22.1% (+16.0% in the first quarter of 2025), totalling 6.0 million. Domestic travel continued to grow (+22.1%), reaching 5.0 million trips (83.7% of all travel) as well as trips abroad, which increased by 21.9% and totalled 975.0 thousand (16.3% of the total).
The main purposes for travel in the 2nd quarter of 2025 were “leisure, recreation or holidays”, which accounted for 3.0 million trips (49.8% of the total, +0.7 p.p. compared to the 2nd quarter of 2024), and “visit to relatives or friends”, which drove about 2.2 million residents’ trips (36.5%, -1.9 p.p. from the 2nd quarter of 2024).
“Free private accommodation” remained the main accommodation option (52.7% of overnight stays) in the 2nd quarter of 2025, accounting for 10.6 million overnight stays in residents’ travel, mostly for purpose of “visit to relatives or friends”. “Hotels and similar establishments” accounted for 30.7% of overnight stays (6.1 million), primarily associated with trips for “professional or business reasons” as well as “leisure, recreation or holidays” purposes.
When planning trips, the internet was used in 30.1% of cases (+0.1 p.p.), with this resource being the option in 67.5% of trips abroad (-1.9 p.p.) and 23.2% of domestic trips (+0.5 p.p.).
It should be noted that the results for the 2nd quarter of 2025 were influenced by the moving structure of the calendar, i.e., by the effect of the Easter period, which this year took place in April, whereas in the previous year it was mainly concentrated in March.
