According to the quick estimate, published by the National
Institute of Statistics (INE), overnight stays continued to grow in October, after,
in September, increases of 41.1% in the number of guests and 37.2% in overnight
stays were registered.
In October, the internal market contributed with 1.8 million
overnight stays (-2.7%) and the external markets totalled 4.9 million (+37.3%).
Compared to October 2019, before the pandemic, there were
increases of 21% in overnight stays from residents and 1.5% in those from
non-residents, the latter being the highest growth compared to 2019.