Tourist revenue still downwards, almost 50 percent

Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Compared to 2020, the result is more positive and pinpoints a rise of 28.2%, as in 2020 the total revenues from tourism which correspond to tourist exports and resulting from foreign tourist spending in Portugal, had reached 7,716.44 million euros, as per Bdp!

When it comes to tourism imports, this indicator reached 3,574.24 million euros in 2021, a value that is 30.2% below that recorded in 2019, when tourist imports were 5,124.00 million euros. Compared to 2020, when imports totalled 2,743.23 million euros, the trend is, however upswing after a rise of 30.3%.

The BdP report has highlighted the fact that the rise in the surplus in Travel and Tourism has added to the surplus in the balance of services having increased compared to 2020 and highlights that, last year, “resident tourists in France, the United Kingdom and Spain continued to be responsible for the largest tourist revenue in Portugal”.

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