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Tourist trips made by residents grew by 33.8% in 2022, but were still short of 2019 levels
Tourism Demand of Residents
Tourist trips made by residents grew by 33.8% in 2022, but were still short of 2019 levels - 4th Quarter 2022
27 April 2023

Summary

In 2022, trips made by residents increased by 33.8% and amounted to 23.4 million (-4.2% compared to 2019; +21.6% in 2021). Domestic trips increased by 25.1% and trips abroad grew by 176.0% (-3.4% and -9.9%, in the same order, when compared to 2019; +20.2% and +48.8%, respectively, in 2021). Free private accommodation, despite losing expression, continued to be the main means of accommodation used (60.8%, -5.5 p.p. compared to 2021). The average trip duration was 4.21 nights (4.72 nights in 2021 and 4.05 nights in 2019).

The Centro region (30.3%) strengthened its position as the main destination of domestic trips, followed by the Norte region (21.6%) and the AM Lisboa (17.6%), which overtook the Algarve. Spain (38.2%), France (10.7%) and Italy (6.5%) remained the main countries of destination for trips abroad.

In the 4th quarter of 2022, residents in Portugal made 5.1 million trips, which corresponded to an increase of 10.4% (-7.9% compared to the 4th quarter of 2019; +5.9% in the 3rd quarter of 2022). Domestic trips represented 87.7% of the total trips (4.5 million) increasing by 6.0% (-8.7% when compared with the 4th quarter of 2019). Trips abroad increased by 56.7% (-1.3% vis-à-vis the 4th quarter of 2019; +109.0% in the 3rd quarter of 2022), amounting to 625.0 thousand trips, corresponding to 12.3% of the total trips.


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