Trips taken by residents continued to decrease

In the 2^nd quarter of 2024, trips made by residents in Portugal fell by 13.4% (following -7.8% in the 1^st quarter of 2024), totalling 4.9 million. Trips within Portugal fell by 15.4% to 4.1 million (83.7% of total trips), while trips abroad recorded their first decrease since the 2^nd quarter of 2021 (-1.5%), totalling 799.9 thousand (16.3% of the total).

Reversing the pattern of the previous quarter, the main reason for travelling in the 2^nd quarter of 2024 was 'leisure, recreation or holidays', which accounted for around 2.4 million trips made by residents (49.0%, +0.6 p.p. compared to the 2^nd quarter of 2023). The second main reason was 'visit to relatives or friends', which led to 1.9 million trips (38.4% of the total, +0.6 p.p. compared to the 2^nd quarter of 2023).

'Hotels and similar establishments' accounted for 26.4% of overnight stays (4.6 million) resulting from tourist trips made by residents in the 2^nd quarter of 2024. This share was surpassed by "free private accommodation," which remained the main accommodation option (58.3% of overnight stays), hosting 10.1 million overnight stays during trips made by residents.

The Internet was used in 30.0% of the situations (+4.4 p.p.) when organising trips, with this resource being an option in 67.6% of trips abroad (+2.8 p.p.) and 22.7% of those made in Portugal (+3.6 p.p.).

Regarding the results presented in this press release, it should be noted that they were influenced by the moving structure of the calendar, i.e. the effect of the holiday period associated with Easter, which in the previous year was concentrated in April (2^nd quarter), while this year it was spread between March (1^st quarter) and April (2^nd quarter).