“The Tourism Indicator predicts that around 230,000 overnight stays in all tourist accommodation establishments (hospitality, local accommodation and tourism in rural areas) will have been recorded in the month of March”, reads a publication of the SREA, published on its website.
According to the Regional Statistics Service, “the value of this estimate for overnight stays is 9.7% higher when compared to the provisional value for the same month (209.7 thousand)”.
The Tourism Indicator report also highlights the number of passengers disembarking at Azores airports in March, originating abroad and within the national territory (excluding between islands).
According to data previously revealed by SREA, passengers from international flights (15,220) increased by 53.5%, while travelers from the continent and Madeira (70,259) increased by 2.9%.
The publication also highlights withdrawals and purchases from ATMs and automatic payment terminals (TPA) made by nationals (178,029 million euros) and foreigners (15,969 million euros), in the month of March, in the Azores.
Purchases made at TPA reached 148.1 million euros (9.1% more than in the same period last year), of which 133.6 million with national bank cards (8%) and 14.5 million with international bank cards (plus 19.8%).
ATM withdrawals reached 45.9 million euros (4.1% less), of which 44.4 million were national (3.8% less) and 1.5 million were international (12.4% less).
According to SREA, the Tourism Indicator (IT) “aims to estimate the general evolution of economic activity in the tourism sector in the Autonomous Region of the Azores”.
“IT-Açores results from the addition of estimates of overnight stays recorded in the three types of tourist accommodation and is released approximately three weeks before the publication of the Tourist Activity highlights”, the publication reads.
The estimate of overnight stays in the hotel industry, rural tourism, and local accommodation “uses the values recorded in the Guest Stay Survey in Hotel Industry and other accommodation” and the “extrapolation of trends according to the expected response rate in each case”.
