[NOTE: As mentioned in the press release of the previous months, due to methodological changes in the survey on accommodation establishments determined by Statistics Portugal (INE), from now on DREM will publish the preliminary results 45 days after the end of the period of reference and the provisional results 75 days after the end of the month of reference. Please notice that data for February was revised.]

In April 2015

Growth rate of overnight stays in Madeira stood above national average

Initial estimates for April 2015 – the month in which the Flower Festival was celebrated - show increases in the tourism indicators with positive year-on-year rates of change in overnight stays (+3.2%), total revenue (+6.1%) and lodging revenue (+9.9%).

At the country level, the rates of change stood at +0.7% in nights spent, +7.8% in total revenue and +10.9% in revenue from accommodation.

Looking at the data broken down by market, it should be highlighted that the year-on-year change rates in nights spent by the Portuguese and foreign tourists  were -7.4% and +4.4%, respectively.

In the first four months of 2015, the overnight stays increased by 5.9% when compared to the same period of 2014, while the growth in total revenue (+8.8%) and lodging revenue (+11.7%) was more pronounced.

The net bed occupancy rate in the reference month reached 66.0%, 2.4 percentage points higher than a year before.

The average income per room (RevPAR) recorded a year-on-year change rate of +10.0%, increasing to € 44.09. 

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