[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 May 2020,

Tourist accommodation establishments reported very low figures for the second consecutive month

According to estimates of tourism accommodation, May 2020 is the second consecutive month with an almost total interruption of tourist activity in the Autonomous Region of Madeira, due to the impact of the pandemic COVID-19 and the restrictive measures adopted. About 96.7% of tourist accommodation establishments were closed or with no guests flow, with rural tourism continuing to be the most affected segment, followed by hotels and local accommodation, with 98.4%, 97.4% and 96.6% of establishments closed or not operating, respectively.

Excluding local accommodation under 10 beds, overnight stays decreased by 99.5% year-on-year. Total revenue and revenue from accommodation dropped by 99.8% and 99.7%, respectively. In the country, overnight stays dropped by 95.3%, total revenue sunk by 97.2% and revenue from accommodation by 96.8%.

In the month of reference, the number of overnight stays in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (considering all local accommodation) stood at 5.0 thousand. Total revenue and revenue from accommodation amounted to 77 and 73 thousand euros, respectively.

The overnight stays in hotel establishments dropped by 99.7% year-on-year and were responsible for 38.0% of the total, while the overnight stays in local lodging decreased by 97.0% compared to the same month of the previous year and accounted for 61.4% of the total. In turn, rural tourism, registered an extremely low number, representing only 0.6% of overnight stays, continuing to be of the three segments, the most affected.

Compared to May 2019, all the main markets had a negative performance near -100%, with the British and the French markets sinking by 99.9% and the German market decreasing by 99.7%. The Portuguese market dropped by 96.4%. In cumulative terms (January to May 2020), the French market recorded the largest decline with a 72.6% drop in overnight stays, followed by the German and Portuguese market, with decreases of 54.8% and 50.7%. The British market presented, for the same period, a 43.3% drop, being of the main markets, the only one that has not had a decrease over 50% year-on-year.

Considering the January to May period, overnight stays decreased by 53.0% year-on-year, while total revenue and lodging revenue declined by 55.4% and 56.0%, respectively.

The bed occupancy rate in the reference month reached 12.3%, dropping by 48.6 percentage points over the same month of the previous year, In turn, the room occupancy rate reached 16.8%.

In a pandemic context, the average incomes per room (RevPAR) values continue to be significantly low, recording a year-on-year change rate of -87.1% and decreasing to € 6.41. The average daily rate (ADR) declined by 47.2% to €38.23.

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