Whilst hotels in Portugal clocked up around a million guests and 2.5 million nights to account for the figures above, these growth rates were nevertheless down on October in terms of guests, with a 10 percent rise in numbers a month earlier, but better in terms of the rise in nights spent, up 8.4 percent against 6.9 percent in October.
Local tourists furthermore saw a spurt in growth from the 2.3 percent advance in October to 10.8 percent in November in the best month since the 14.3 percent surge reported in March, with the Azores and Madeira doing particularly well, up 58.3 percent and 19.1 percent respectively.
However, the growth in international arrivals was down from 8.3 percent in October to 7.4 percent in November even while visitors from the United Kingdom rose by 17.7 percent to attain a 20.7 percent market share against 18.9 percent a year earlier.
Whilst the German market remained in growth, up 4 percent, this was down on the 10.9 percent accumulated rise in the eleven months through to November, accounting for a 17.1 percent market share.
The report particularly highlighted the increase in arrivals from Ireland, up 29.4 percent, Belgium, 28.9 percent and the United States, 21.4 percent, meanwhile France experienced a dip of 3.1 percent in November tourism arrivals in Portugal.
Taking accumulated figures through to November, guest numbers rose 8.6 percent and nights spent by 6.5 percent, with national tourists up 5.1 percent and their international peers putting on 7.1 percent.