Portugal | August 2025

August brought 10.7 million overnight stays (+1.3%) and 3.8 million guests (+1.2%), continuity that Statistics Portugal credited to residents.

Revenue rose faster than volume: EUR 1,011.3 million in total revenue (+6.7%) and EUR 809.6 million in room revenue (+5.8%), with ADR at EUR 159.2 (+4.3%) and RevPAR at EUR 116.8 (+2.6%), while net bed occupancy slipped to 66.8%, down 0.7 pp.

August therefore delivered more revenue from less use of the capacity: owners who fill the month with non-resident guests had to replace volume with price.

Resident overnight stays rose 4.5% to 3.8 million, while non-resident stays came in at 6.9 million, 0.4% below the previous year. The ten largest source markets supplied 78.9% of non-resident stays and the largest gains were North American, with the United States up 9.8% and Canada up 8.5%. Among the European markets with published figures only Germany added volume (+1.7%): Spain (-9.1%), Italy (-6.9%), the Netherlands (-5.7%), France (-4.6%), Ireland (-4.6%) and the United Kingdom (-1.2%) all came in lower.

Eight of the nine regions registered more overnight stays, none by more than 3.7%: Madeira +3.7%, Setúbal Peninsula +3.3% and Alentejo +2.9% at the top, with the Algarve and West and Tagus Valley almost flat, both at +0.5%. The Centre was the only region below the previous year, at -3.0%.

August ADR was EUR 159.2, 4.3% higher than a year earlier, and RevPAR reached EUR 116.8 (+2.6%). Net bed occupancy stood at 66.8%, down 0.7 pp, and net room occupancy at 73.4%, down 0.7 pp. With total revenue of EUR 1,011.3 million (+6.7%) and room revenue of EUR 809.6 million (+5.8%), the revenue gain is explained by price: capacity was used less intensively than in August 2024.