2024 can be an even better year, secretary of state says
2023 was the best year ever for Portugal’s tourism sector, with more than 30 million guests representing a total of 77 million overnight stays and revenue totalling around €25 billion.
“It was indeed a very positive year for the country’s tourism, and also for Portugal as a whole, a record year for tourism, the best year in the history of tourism in Portugal,” said Portugal’s Secretary of State for Tourism, Trade and Services, Nuno Fazenda, at a public session organised in Lisbon by the national tourist board, Turismo de Portugal.
He highlighted the several records achieved in 2023, with more than 30 million guests, a growth of around 10% compared to 2019, which had been the best tourist year, as well as 77 million overnight stays and revenues of around €25 billion, up 18.5% from 2022 and up 37% from 2019, the last full year before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Fazenda also emphasised that there was growth in all regions of the country throughout the year: “We’re talking about a structural change in our tourism.”
The secretary of state said that he believed that tourism would grow “even more in 2024” – citing confidence in companies and workers in the sector, as well as in public policies for tourism.
Source: LUSA
