In a statement, the Association of Hotel and Tourist Enterprises of the Algarve (AHETA) states that the British market was the one that most contributed to the decline, with a drop of 91,1 percent.

After the British market, the main tourist emitter market for the region, the biggest declines occurred in the Irish, German and Dutch markets.

In turn, the national market was the one with the lowest decrease (8,3 percent less), having represented 61,1% of the total overnight stays in July in the region.

According to AHETA estimates, about 22 percent of classified beds remained closed, “so the percentage of developments that have not yet reopened is much higher.”

Sales volumes decreased by 66 percent compared to the same month of the previous year.

In accumulated values, the occupancy per bed has registered an average decrease of 62,9 percent since January and the volume of sales decreased by 61,8 percent.