Easter made hoteleira activity grow in Portugal, with the number of guests coming up 11,6% para 1,5 million and the overnight stays 10,3% to 4 million in March, in homologous comparison, segundo o Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE).
The increase in guests in February had been 6,5% and in the nights spent by 6,2%, According to the INE, that there has been an increase in the first quarter of this year 7,7% in guests and 7,6% nas dormidas.
The overnight stays in hotels, that means 71,9% do total, showed an increase of 11,1% in March, Standing out, as in previous months, the evolution of three stars (14,5%).
In the accommodation of interest, the rise was 22,7%, tourist apartments 13,8% and at the Inns of 12,8%.
March statistics, accelerated the rise in overnight stays of third-, with a growth of 16,3% contra 7,9% in February, translating into 1,1 milhões de dormidas, "result influenced by the effect of timing of the Easter period, with impact at the end of the month ".
In terms of external markets, the rise was 8,2% (5,5% in February) para 2,9 milhões de dormidas.
In the quarter, the overnight stays rose 10,5% How to residents and 6,4% in the case of non-residents.
The INE noted that the Spanish market (12,7% do total), "traditionally sensitive to ' Easter ' effect" presented a significant growth of 75,1%, While in the first quarter grew 30%.
O mercado britânico (18% das dormidas de não residentes) retreated 5,6% in March, keeping the trend of recent months, by registering in the first quarter of 2018 a decrease of 5,9%.
The overnight stays of German guests (16,4% do total) showed a slight decline in March (-0,2%), but since the beginning of the year grew 1,3%.
About France (8,1% do total de dormidas), There was an increase of 11,8% in March, a value greater than the verified in the first quarter of the year (+11,3%).
The Netherlands guest accommodation (5% do total) retreated 17,1% in March. In the first three months of the year, This market had declined 11,7%, "continuing the reductions since the second quarter of 2017".
In March, the INE pointed out the growths in u.s. markets (+17,7%) and Italian (+10,9%). In the first quarter of the year, Apart from Spain, highlight the Sweden (22,8%), os EUA (22,3%) e o Brasil (16,3%).
Por regiões, other than wood (-2,8%), all grew in terms of overnight stays, especially in the Alentejo (+29,9%), Norte (18,9%) e Centro (+17,4%).
The overnight stays of the internal market have increased in all regions, with highlight to the Algarve (40%), Alentejo (30,8%) e Centro (18,1%), While in the nights spent by non-residents there have been significant increases in the Alentejo (28,5%), Norte (24,2%) e Centro (16,4%).
The average stay of 2,64 reduced nights 1,1% due to non-residents (-3,2%), Since the average stay of residents has increased 4,7%.
The INE pointed out the increase of the net rate of bed places (43,0%) em 2,8 percentage points in March (+1,7 p.p. in February) and that the total income reached 220,5 milhões de euros (+17,5%) e os de aposento 157,2 milhões de euros (+21,1%), accelerating compared with February (+10,9% e 11,5%, respectivamente).
In income increases, in March, the highlights were the North regions, Alentejo and Centro.
O rendimento médio por quarto disponível (RevPAR) foi 37,3 euros in March, What has resulted in increased 16,8% (+8,4% in February), with the higher values to be found in the area of Lisbon (64,2 euros) e na Madeira (51,3 euros).
By typology, the largest increase in RevPar was in hostels (+32,1%).
