The figures released by the EU statistics office showed that the number of overnight stays in tourist establishments throughout Europe rose to 3.1 billion in 2018 compared to the previous year.

In Portugal, the number of overnight stays rose 1.7% to 73.3 million in 2018.

Last year, Spain saw the biggest number of overnight stays (467 million, a drop of 0.9% compared to 2017) followed by France (444 million, 2.4% more), Italy (429 million, 1.9% more) and Germany (419 million, 4.3% more).