For the tourism industry, Portugal continues to be an attractive destination. This year, the country will have over 60 new hotels. This increase in supply is equivalent to providing the market with over 6,300 rooms.
According to the consultancy Neoturis, according to “Jornal de Negócios”, based on construction costs, the sector will “invest more than one billion euros”. By 2025, forecasts point to 190 hotels opening, of which 60 will do so this year. In all, the addition will be 19 thousand rooms.
Foreigners already fill Porto’s Ribeira, and there are those who innovate in the way they discover the city.
Easter. promises to be more sweet ′′ than ever for tourism, surpassing the 2022 numbers, which were close to the records achieved in 2019. This year, the last pre-pandemic, was the best ever. The tourist regions of Porto and Norte, Lisbon, and the Algarve estimate that the hotel occupancy rate will be around 90%. And, in the centre, there are units that hope to sell out.”
Right now, we are at an occupancy rate of 80%, with the possibility of reaching 90%”, says Pedro Martins, president of the Porto and North Tourism Association (ATP). According to the official, the percentage is similar throughout the territory, whether in areas of high or low population density. “In the post-pandemic period, this division was diluted. Of course, the difference is in the number of beds. But where we have 100 beds, 80% are occupied. Where we have 1,000, the occupation is at the same 80%”, says Lus Pedro Martins, for whom 2023 could be “a new record year for tourism in the region and the country”.
