Foreign occupied three of the four beds in hotels – TVI24

This is data that make glad the hotel. According to data from the Association of Portugal Hospitality (AHP Tourism Monitor), the first half of 2016 was the best of the last 12 years. Whether in terms of occupancy, average price per available room and average revenue per tourist.

The occupancy rate / quarter was 63.2%, plus 3.4 percentage points over the same period. The average price per occupied room stood at 72.3 euros, 6.3% more than in 2015 and equaling the 2004 figures.

Foreign dominated overnight stays, accounting for 75% of total . It fell to the Germans the highest percentage of occupation (17%), followed by British (15%), French (7%) and Spain (5%).

The average stay stood at 1.88 days, the same as the first half of last year.

according to the AHP Tourism Monitor, the “Azores stood out in terms of occupancy rate by the good performance compared with 2015,” while the Great Oporto and the Algarve had better performance in terms of price.

the main motivation of overnight stays was the “leisure, recreation and holidays” (76%), business followed by / professional (15%) and other reasons (9%).