Two INE prints from this week read the Portuguese tourism cycle from complementary angles. Friday's Q1 2026 hotel destaque put guest arrivals at 5.8 million (+1.5%) , overnight stays at 13.6 million (+1.3%) and accommodation revenue at €1.0 billion...
SC Hospitality CEO Gonçalo Bernardes told Diário de Notícias the Sonae hospitality unit is putting €50M into eight new The Editory hotels — including its first Açores property — plus a €5M renovation tape, on a plan to lift the portfolio from 12 to 30 hotels by 2031.
Where to hike in Portugal, how trail markings work, Madeira's trail fees and booking, and the fire season rules that can close trails.
INE's March 2026 release puts national overnight stays at 5.6M (+1.4%) on €432.9M revenue (+6.6%). Madeira crosses one million March nights for the first time. Norte (+8.5%) and Alentejo (+7.2%) lead growth; Brazil –7%, Ireland +16.2%, Spain +14%.
INSA's 2025 REVIVE Report puts Aedes albopictus in 28 mainland municipalities, up from 18 in 2024. Six new municipalities added in 2025 — Condeixa-a-Nova, Covilhã, Lisboa, Oeiras, Almada and Sesimbra. Dengue serotype 2 again detected in Madeira's Aedes aegypti.
CLIA's 2026 State of the Cruise Industry report puts Portugal at €940M in cruise-driven economic activity for 2025 — €410M GDP, 9,800 jobs, €174M cruise-line on-shore spend, and 80,000 Portuguese passengers (+7.3%). Eight new multifuel ships enter service in 2026 on $6.6B of capex.
President Seguro named historian Susana Goulart Costa as Representative of the Republic for the Azores — the first woman ever in the role — and judge Paulo Barreto Ferreira for Madeira. Both nominations have cross-party backing.
