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Tourist activity keeps recovery in August, and overnight stays of residents will have grown in some regions
Tourism activity
Flash Estimate: August 2020
Tourist activity keeps recovery in August, and overnight stays of residents will have grown in some regions
01 October 2020

Summary

According to the flash estimate, in August 2020, the tourist accommodation sector should have registered 1.9 million guests and 5.1 million overnight stays, corresponding to year-on-year rates of change of -43.2% and -47.2%, respectively (-64.0% and -68.1% in July, in the same order). Overnight stays of residents will have decreased by 2.4% (-30.8% in July) and those of non-residents will have fallen by 72.0% (-84.5% in the previous month).
In August, 21.0% of tourist accommodation establishments would have been closed or did not received guests (27.8% in July).

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