Madeira with hotel occupancy rates between 40 and 50% over holidays

“in the middle of a pandemic, demand from the national market for Madeira was greater than August last year”.

The hotel occupancy rate forecast in Madeira for Christmas and New Year is between 40% and 50%, according to the regional secretary of Tourism. The regional government has pledged the “highest ever support” for its tourism sector. Nonetheless, regional Tourism secretary Eduardo de Jesus said this past August, “in the middle of a pandemic, demand from the national market for Madeira was greater than August last year”.