06 Monday Apr 2020
Posted in Briefs
≈ Comments Off on Portugal registers 27 million tourists in 2019
In 2019, tourist establishments registered 27 million guests and 69.9 million overnight stays, corresponding to annual increases of 7.3% and 4.1% respectively, according to preliminary data from the National Statistics Institute. Of these registered guests, 10.7 million correspond to residents in Portugal and 16.3 million to visitors living abroad.
16 Monday Dec 2019
Posted in Posts
≈ Comments Off on Brexit to cut 100,000 British Holidaymakers to Portugal
In all, Brexit is set to cancel eight million tourists travelling in 2021. In Spain alone, there should be 1.3 million fewer UK nationals travelling according to projections of the European Travel Commission. Without a Brexit agreement, British travel should fall by 7% by 2020 and 8% the following year.
09 Saturday Mar 2019
Posted in Posts
≈ Comments Off on Tourists spend on average of €161 per day in Lisbon
20 Wednesday Feb 2019
Posted in Posts
≈ Comments Off on Americans compensate for the loss of British tourists
Last year, fewer British holidaymakers chose Portugal as a tourist destination, less 111,667 than in 2017. Despite the drop, the overall number of foreign tourists grew by 0.4% last year, enough to reach a new record high at 12.76 million. This increase was mostly due to a 20% jump in American tourism, accounting for an additional 135,000 US visitors in 2018.
21 Wednesday Nov 2018
Posted in Posts
≈ Comments Off on Tourists down, income up in Summer 2018
Portugal received 128,000 fewer foreign visitors this summer than in the same period last year, a drop largely due to fewer holidaymakers from the United Kingdom. Between June and September, 5.5 million travellers came to Portugal, down 2.2% when compared to the same period in 2017. However, revenues rose to 1.7 billion euros during the period, up 4.4%.
26 Thursday Apr 2018
Posted in Posts
The growth of Airbnb in Lisbon can be seen through the tourist taxes delivered to the City Council. In 2017, the total value of this levy charged in Lisbon in local lodging accommodations available on Airbnb came to €3.8 million. The number of guests staying in the Airbnb platform jumped from 1.6 million to 2.6 million last year.
DSG - in the pipeline 