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Tourism in Portugal

07.03.2023

Tourism is a key economic activity for generating wealth and employment in Portugal and tourism data for ​2022 is encouraging.

In 2022, the tourism sector approached the record values of 2019 in the main indicators of overnight stays (-0.9%) and guests (-2.3%), and exceeded the values in tourism revenue (+15.4%).

A total of 26.5 million guests were registered, of which 15.3 million were foreigners, representing a recovery of 83.3% and 158.5%, respectively, over the same period. However, these figures are still at (-2.3%) and (-6.8%), respectively, of those recorded in 2019.

With a total of 69.5 million overnight stays in 2022 (46.6 million overnight stays by foreigners and 22.9 million overnight stays by nationals), the following are the top 5 source markets for Portugal in 2022, in this indicator:

_ United Kingdom: 8.9 million (+191.9%)
_ Germany: 5.4 million (+141.9%)
_ Spain: 5.0 million (+89.4%)​
_ France: 4.4 million (+97.0%)
_ USA: 3.4 million (+327.4%)

As for tourism revenues, and according to data from the Bank of Portugal, the accumulated 12 months of 2022 reached 21.1 billion euros, an amount 109.7% higher than in 2021 and 15.4% higher than in 2019.

In this indicator, the main source markets for Portugal were:
_ United Kingdom: 3.29 M€ (+132.3%)
_ France: 2.90 M€ (+48.2%)
_ Spain: 2.38 M€ (+69.7%)
_ Germany: 2.36 M€ (+108.2%)
_ U.S.A.: 1.87 M€ (+272.1%)

​Turismo de Portugal provides activity indicators and statistics, market analysis and trends, as well as market information on TravelBI, a knowledge management platform for tourism activity.

Sources: UNWTO, Statistics Portugal, Bank of Portugal, 2022​
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