June brought another increase in overnight stays in tourist accommodation in the Azores, but Terceira bucked the trend, being the only island to show a decline.

According to data from the Regional Statistics Service (SREA) released yesterday, in June, the various tourist accommodations in the region recorded 516,500 overnight stays, “3.2% higher than in the same month last year.”

Considering only hotels and local accommodation, which accounted for 94.8% of overnight stays, all islands saw a positive year-on-year change, except Terceira, which saw a 1.8% drop.

Santa Maria was the island with the highest increase in the number of overnight stays (25.7%), followed by Graciosa (25.6%), Corvo (20.2%), and São Jorge (15.8%).

The island of Flores recorded growth of 13.8%, Faial 10.4%, Pico 6.9% and São Miguel 1.4%.

São Miguel accounted for 67.7% of overnight stays in hotels and local accommodation (331,600) in June, followed by Terceira with 62,600 overnight stays (12.8%), Pico with 31,700 overnight stays (6.5%), and Faial with 29,200 overnight stays (6%).

In the first half of 2025, the Azores reached 1.9 million overnight stays in tourist accommodation, representing a 7% increase over the same period last year.

In June, the region recorded 151,600 guests (up 1.4%), with an average stay of 3.41 nights, which increased by 1.8% year-on-year.

Foreign residents accounted for more than half of overnight stays in this month (74.5%), totaling 384,600, an increase of 6.8% compared to the same period last year.

For the third consecutive month, the domestic market recorded a drop in overnight stays in the Azores, totaling 131,800 (25.5% of the total), 6% less than in June 2024.

Among foreign markets, the United States was the largest source market, with 73,900 overnight stays (19.2% of overnight stays by foreign residents), 4.8% more than in the same period last year.

In second place was Germany, with 63,300 overnight stays (16.5%), an increase of 17.2%, and in third place was Spain, with 49,100 overnight stays (12.8%) and a rise of 5.5%.

With 247,000 overnight stays, hotels accounted for 47.8% of the total in June, followed by local accommodation, with 242,500 overnight stays (47%), and rural tourism, with 26,900 overnight stays (5.2%).

While rural tourism recorded year-on-year growth of 11.3% and local accommodation 9.1%, hotels saw a drop of 2.7%.

In hotels, total revenue rose 8.6% to €25.3 million, and in rural tourism it reached €2.9 million (up 16.9%).

No data on revenue is available for local accommodation, but the gross occupancy rate per bed was 42.7% (up 0.2 percentage points).

In Diário Insular, José Lourenço-director

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