Tourism is up in the Algarve

Monday, 18 October 2010 00:00

New data shows that tourism in the Algarve this summer registered growth in terms of nights spent, occupancy and revenue. New figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) show better occupancy than in 2009. Overall 3.8 million foreign tourists spent a night in officially-classified accommodation in the Algarve this summer, 4.7 percent more than in 2009, and an increase of almost 5.8 percent in the number of Portuguese spending a night in the region, taking the total to around six million visitors, an overall increase of 5.1 percent, the Portugal News reports. National airport management company ANA further lent support to the statistics having registered a rise of 3.6 million passengers processed by Faro Airport between January and August this year. The INE indicates tourism-generated revenue from this summer was of around €291.8 million, nine percent more than in 2009.