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The Algarve rounded off the 2025 tourism year with a bang, celebrating record revenue, a boost from the domestic market and a historically low dependence on seasonal tourism. According to The post Algarve closes 2025 with record tourism results appeared first on Portugal Resident.
Home News Resident travel increased in Portugal Resident travel increased in Portugal Travel by residents of Portugal increased by 8. 0 percent in the third quarter of 2025, totalling 8. 9 million trips.
The Regional Directorate of Statistics reports total revenues of €893.7 million, up 17.4% year‑on‑year. There was growth in the German market and a decline in the UK market. The domestic market was the second largest.
Tourist accommodation recorded 32.5 million guests and 82.1 million overnight stays in 2025, increases of 3.0% and 2.2% compared with 2024, with overnight stays by residents accelerating and reducing dependence on foreign markets.
The growth in residents' trips in Portugal slowed in the third quarter of 2025 to a year-on-year increase of 8%, after rising 22.1% in the previous quarter, with domestic trips up 9.1% and trips abroad up 2.1%.
The president of the Confederation of Tourism of Portugal (CTP) acknowledges that the sector is entering a phase of sustainable growth, following record years, with 2025 becoming more reliant on domestic tourists, while foreign visitors are creating more value.
