{"id":666427,"date":"2026-06-30T17:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666427\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T17:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T17:27:08","slug":"the-united-kingdom-is-still-the-main-market-for-tourism-in-portugal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/666427\/","title":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom is still the main market for tourism in Portugal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to data from the National Institute of Statistics (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ine.pt\/xportal\/xmain?xpid=INE&amp;xpgid=ine_destaques&amp;DESTAQUESdest_boui=770622194&amp;DESTAQUESmodo=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">INE<\/a>), total tourism revenue grew by 5.8%, or \u20ac755.7 million, during the month of May.<\/p>\n<p>The same data also reveal that tourist accommodation registered 3.3 million guests, up 3.9% from the same period last year. In total, eight million overnight stays were also recorded, an increase of 2.8% compared to the same period last year.<\/p>\n<p>Domestic market<\/p>\n<p>Regarding residents in Portugal, tourism figures also increased, with a notable rise in overnight stays, up 7.6% from April to 2.1 million, as revealed in an INE report.<\/p>\n<p>Chosen destinations<\/p>\n<p>In May, the Algarve and the Lisbon region remain the most sought-after areas for tourists. However, there is a phenomenon whereby rural areas are increasingly gaining importance as tourist destinations in Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the largest increase in overnight stays was recorded in Acre, at 10%, followed by the North region at 6.7%. On the other hand, the Autonomous Region of Madeira and the Tagus Valley region show declines in overnight stays, by 2.2% and 1.5%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, Algarve, Greater Lisbon and the North, together, account for 69% of overnight stays recorded in May.<\/p>\n<p>Foreign market<\/p>\n<p>In the foreign market, visitor growth from Brazil and Germany stands out, with the highest increases (+9.3% and +8.6%, respectively). However, British tourists continue to lead foreign tourists in trips to Portugal. The North American market has also been standing out, accounting for 11.2% of total foreign tourists visiting Portugal. On the other hand, France is registering a decrease, with 11.3% fewer tourists from that country visiting Portugal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), total tourism revenue grew by 5.8%, or \u20ac755.7&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-666427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}