The Azores recorded more than 3.4 million overnight stays in tourist accommodation between January and October, an increase of 15.9% on the same period last year. Terceira was the island with the least growth in hotels and local accommodation, at 3.9%. The data comes from the Azores Regional Statistics Service (SREA).
“In the accumulated period from January to October, the total number of overnight stays was 3,468,818, representing a year-on-year increase of 15.9%,” reads the SREA’s tourism activity report for October.
Considering only the two leading tourist establishments, hotels, and local accommodations, which accounted for 96.5% of overnight stays in October, the year-on-year growth in the first 10 months was 15.2%.
All the islands recorded year-on-year growth, especially Santa Maria (22%), São Jorge (18.6%) and São Miguel (18.1%). Terceira was the island with the least growth (3.9%), followed by Corvo (4.6%) and Graciosa (7.6%).
In October alone, the Azores recorded 322.3 thousand overnight stays in hotels, apartment hotels, tourist apartments, pousadas, local accommodation, and rural tourism units.


The increase compared to the same month in 2022 was 5% but was lower than that recorded in the country (8.5%) in the same period.
In hotels and local accommodation, all the islands saw increases, especially Pico (21.9%), São Jorge (12.3%), Graciosa (9.4%), Faial (3.9%), São Miguel (3.3%), Santa Maria (3.0%), Terceira (2.7%), Flores (2.1%) and Corvo (0.6%) showed less marked increases.
With 221.7 thousand overnight stays, the island of São Miguel accounted for 71.3% of all overnight stays in hotels and local accommodation in October, followed by Terceira with 40.1 thousand overnight stays (12.9%), Faial with 17.6 thousand overnight stays (5.7%) and Pico with 16 thousand overnight stays (5.2%).

from a Diário Insular news story–José Lourenço, director

Translated to English as a community outreach program from the Portuguese Beyond Borders Institute (PBBI) and the Modern and Classical Languages and Cultures Department (MCLL) as part of Bruma Publication and ADMA (Azores-Diaspora Media Alliance)  at California State University, Fresno