[NOTE: Regarding the monthly publication of Tourism data for the year 2020, the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM) will keep the model followed in the previous year, releasing an aggregate comprising the hotel sector, rural tourism and local accommodation, independently of the number of beds. In turn, in its releases, Statistics Portugal (INE) excludes local accommodation establishments under 10 beds. In this press release and in the tables published by DREM the overall total for guests and overnight stays is higher when compared to INE’s. For the bed and room occupancy rates and for revenue and personnel costs, the figures of DREM and INE are the same, since the local accommodation under 10 beds is not included in the compilation of these variables.]

In October 2020

285.0 thousand overnight stays were reported by tourist accommodation establishments in Madeira, -58.5% compared to the same period in the previous year

The first estimates for the month of October 2020 show that 50.1% of the establishments had guest flow (68.9% of the total tourist accommodation capacity). Hotel establishments had the highest percentage of establishments with guest flow (71.5%), followed by rural tourism with 67.7% and local accommodation establishments with 47.8%.

In the month of reference, the number of overnight stays in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (considering all local accommodation) stood at 285.0 thousand, a 58.5% decline compared to October 2019. Excluding local accommodation under 10 beds, overnight stays decreased by 59.4% year-on-year. Total revenue and revenue from accommodation amounted to 13.9 and 9.1 million euros, dropping by 58.6% and 58.5%, respectively. In the country, overnight stays plunged by 63.3%, total revenue declined by 67.7% and revenue from accommodation by 68.7%.

The overnight stays in hotel establishments dropped by 60.1% year-on-year and were responsible for 79.9% of the total, while the overnight stays in local lodging decreased by 51.7% compared to the same month of the previous year and accounted for 17.4% of the total. In turn, rural tourism, registered a year-on-year change rate of -42.8%, representing only 2.7% of overnight stays.

In the main markets, the estimated changes in overnight stays in the month of October 2020, show a more negative performance in the French market (-80.3%), while the British and German markets registered a drop of 67.6% and 46.5%, respectively. The decrease in the Portuguese market was less pronounced, with the overnight stays declining by 9.9%. Year to date (from January to October 2020), the French market, as in the previous month, continued to record the largest reduction in the number of overnight stays, 82.0%, followed by the German and British markets, with a decrease of 67.0% and 63.5%, respectively. The Portuguese market had, for the same period, a less pronounced drop (39.0%), compared to the same period last year.

Considering the January to October period, overnight stays decreased by 65.5% year-on-year, while total revenue and lodging revenue declined by 67.7% and 67.9%, respectively.

The bed occupancy rate in the reference month reached 30.1%, dropping by 26.4 percentage points over the same month of the previous year. In turn, the room occupancy rate reached 33.5%.

In October 2020, the average income per room (RevPAR) continued to be significantly low, recording a year-on-year change rate of -46.3% and decreasing to € 22.29. The average daily rate (ADR) grew by 1.1% to €66.58.

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