The year 2017 will be recorded as one of the best years ever.
With more than 22 million tourists, Portugal returned to add points in the international panorama level, having achieved a high level of exposure and recognition. Example In addition, the 7 World Travel Awards were honored, among which the most important - Best Tourist Destination in the World. According to Eurostat, in 2017 Portugal recorded the fourth highest increase (8%) relative to the number of overnight stays in
tourist establishments in the European Union, supported by rising demand for non-residents.

Witht the importance in the strategy of economic development and the creation of wealth and employment, national tourism has become one of the main drivers of Portuguese economy. The data available (cumulative values ​​between January - November 2017) show's us that there was a 7.2% increase in and an increase of 16.5% in total revenues.
At the revenue level, 2017 ends the year with more than 15 billion tourist revenues, an increase of 23.6% over the year 2016 and a daily expense of 41 million of euros.

Lisbon is the region that has most contributed to the success of national tourism. With the same data we can see that the Tourism increase in the order of 10% in number of with the issuing markets of Spain, France and Brazil accounting for 23% of the total number of overnight stays recorded.
Hotels in the Lisbon region have raised more than 700 million euros in income, followed by the Algarve region with more than 400 million euros and the North region with close to 300 million euros. Compared to the year 2016,
These results show a transversal growth in all regions, more evidenced by the (+ 24.1%), Central (+22.1) and the Azores (+ 21.9%).