The Algarve hotel industry recorded an overall average/room occupancy rate of 75.5%, which, according to the Algarve Hotels and Tourist Enterprises Association (AHETA), was 3.3 percentage points or 4.1% below the registered value in June 2019, but which represents an increase of 80% compared to the same month last year.

“The recovery continues”, highlights the association in a press release, in which provisional data regarding the activity of tourist accommodation units in the Algarve were released.

By markets, the Irish and British markets are highlighted, which showed increases of 3.3 and 0.4 percentage points, respectively, and which were, according to the association, the markets “that showed the biggest increases compared to June 2019”.

The biggest drops were registered between the German and Portuguese markets, which fell, in June, by 2.8 and 1.8 percentage points compared to June last year.