The data from the National Statistics Institute (INE) indicates that total income of 878.3 million euros (+10.4%) and 709.8 million euros of income from accommodation (+11.1%).
Compared to August 2019, INE reports “more significant increases”, that is, +37.6% in total income and +39.6% in income related to accommodation, also reflecting “increases in the prices of services provided”.
In the accumulated period from January to August 2023, overnight stays grew by 12% (+2.4% for residents and +16.9% for non-residents), which corresponded to increases of 22.3% in total income and 23.5% % in relation to accommodation. Compared to the same period in 2019, there were more significant increases, 38.5% and 41.3%, respectively.
In August, the Algarve was the region with the greatest weight in total and accommodation income (36.9% and 36.5%, respectively), followed by Lisbon (23% and 24%), the North (14.1% and 14.2%), Madeira (8.6% and 7.8%) and the Center (8.5% and 8.4%).
The biggest growth occurred in the Azores (+21.1% in total revenue and +23.4% in accommodation revenue) and in Lisbon (+17.5% and +18.5%, in the same order). Compared to August 2019, the highlights are the developments in the Azores (+62.7% in total revenue and +66.7% in accommodation revenue), in Madeira (+61.8% and +75.8%, respectively) and in the North (+50.8% and + 53.6%).
Algarve has the most critically low reserves of water in the country. Perhaps tourist-generated revenue could be used to build dams ,fixing pipeline leaks and preventing solar panel farms from being plonked on top of the Moncarapacho aquifer (as was mooted recently) rather than having the windfall profits disappearing into the state coffers up in Lisbon.
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By Clive Stott from Algarve on 14 Oct 2023, 10:19