SYNTHESIS INE@COVID-19, 8-Sept -2020

www.ine.pt page 3/10 September . 08. 2020 SYNTH SIS IN @ COVID-19 Communication Unit | tel: +351 21 842 61 10 | sci@ine.pt Alentejo region will have continued to present the smallest decrease in the number of overnight stays, compared to the same month last year, decreasing by 25.8% (-6.6% in the residents and -63.3% in the non-residents) after the negative variation of 48.9% in the previous month. In July, there were very significant decreases (over 65%), in year-on-year terms, in tourists from all the main inbound markets. Overnight stays in tourist accommodation establishments by main countries of origin of tourists (year-on-year change) -95.5% -95.5% -95.3% -94.2% -92.7% -92.4% -92.2% -90.9% -84.7% -82.6% -74.7% -74.7% -74.6% -72.4% -72.2% -67.5% Canada China USA Denmark Ireland Poland United Kingdom Brazil Sweden Italy Germany Netherlands France Belgium Spain Switzerland In July, around 27.6% of the tourist accommodation establishments will have been closed or will have not registered any movement of guests (+46.3% in June). More information available at: Tourism activity, flash estimate – July 2020 (31 August 2020) In June, the employed population increased by 0.3%, the unemployment rate increased by 1.4 percentage points (p.p.) and the labour underutilisation rate increased by 0.9 p.p. The unemployment rate (population aged 15 to 74) in June 2020 stood at 7.3% (+1.4 p.p. than in the previous month and +0.7 p.p. compared to June 2019). The employment rate in July 2020 was estimated at 60.0% (the same of the previous month and -2.3 p.p. compared to the same month of 2019). The labour underutilization rate was 15.7% (+0.2 p.p. than in the previous month; +2.8 p.p. in year-on-year terms). The monthly estimates presented correspond to mobile quarters, the reference month of which is the central month of each of these quarters, therefore the definitive estimates for June 2020 comprise the months of May, June and July, while the provisional estimates for July 2020 include the months of June, July and August.