The tourist accommodation sector in Portugal registered in May 3.3 million guests, a growth of 3.9% in homologous terms, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE).
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O sector also increased from 2.8% in the number of stays to eight million.
Total income amounted to EUR 755.7 million and room income to EUR 575.1 million (+5.8% and +4.8% respectively).
Residents' sleep increased by 7.6% after a fall of 1.2% in April, reaching 2.1 million, while non-residents' sleep grew by 1.1%, totaling 5.9 million.
In May, the ten main issuing markets concentrated 76.2% of the total sleep of non-residents. The British market remained the main issuing market, with a share of 19.0%, despite having prolonged the path of decrease, retreating 1.1% (-0.2% in April).
Among the ten main issuing markets, the Brazilian and German markets stood out with the highest growth (+9.3% and +8.8.6%, respectively). On the other hand, the French market has decreased the largest (-11.3%).
In May, the largest increases in the number of stays were recorded again in Alentejo (+10.0%) and North (+6.7 %).
Residents' sleep grew in all regions, except in the Autonomous Region of the Azores (-8.0%). The largest increases were in the Setúbal Peninsula (+14.0 %) and Alentejo (+12.6%).
In the same month, the average income per quarter available (RevPAR) was EUR 84,0 (+0.7%) and the average income per quarter employed (ADR) reached EUR 130.9 (+2.4%).