SYSNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 4-may-2020

www.ine.pt page 07/12 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 00 | sci@ine.pt Tourist accommodation: 701 thousand guests, -49.4% 1.9 million overnight stays, -58.8% According to the flash estimate, by March 2020 the tourist accommodation sector registered 701,000 guests and 1.9 million overnight stays, which corresponds to rate changes of -49.4% and -58.5%, respectively (+15.3% and +14.7% in February, in the same order). 0,0 100,0 200,0 300,0 400,0 500,0 RA Madeira RA Açores Algarve Alentejo AM Lisboa Centro Norte Non residents Residents 0,0 100,0 200,0 300,0 400,0 500,0 United Kingdom Germany Spain France Brasil United States Netherlands Ireland Italy Belgium Canada Poland Suiça Swede China Denmark mar 2020 mar 2019 1 353,4 582,9 3 245,3 1 324,2 0,0 500,0 1 000,0 1 500,0 2 000,0 2 500,0 3 000,0 3 500,0 mar 2019 mar 2020 1 000 Portuguese Foreigns SYNTH SIS May . 4 . 2020 IN @ COVID-19 Negative perspectives for tourist activity Overnight stays of residents will have decreased 56.9% (+26.4% in February). The number of overnight stays spent by non-residents decreased by 59.2% (+9.5% in February). Resident guests were 306,000, declining by 51.2% (+9.5% in February). Non-resident guests were 395,100, down by 47.8% (+8.3% in February). In addition to the great difficulties that the current pandemic has caused in tourist activity, these results were also influenced by the effect of the Carnival period, which took place this year in February and the previous year in March. China (-78.8%) Italy (-75.8%) North America (-68.5%) Spain (-66.1%) Most of the main countries of origin of tourists registered a decrease in March, the biggest decreases being those registered by tourists from: The Canadian tourists registered the smallest decrease (-37.8%). Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS II regions Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments by country of residence Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments