In the 3rd quarter of 2025, trips taken by residents in Portugal increased by 8.0% (+22.1% in the 2nd quarter of 2025), totalling 8.9 million. Domestic travel continued the upward trend (+9.1%), reaching 7.6 million trips (85.1% of all travel). Trips abroad also registered growth (+2.1%), amounting to 1.3 million (14.9% of the total). 

The main purposes for travel in the 3rd quarter of 2025 were still “leisure, recreation or holidays”, which accounted for 5.7 million trips (64.3% of the total, -3.4 p.p. compared to the 3rd quarter of 2024), and “visit to relatives or friends”, resulting in about 2.6 million residents’ trips (29.1%, +3.0 p.p. from the 3rd quarter of 2024).

“Free private accommodation” remained the main accommodation option (54.1% of overnight stays) in the 3rd quarter of 2025, accounting for 26.0 million overnight stays in residents’ travel. “Hotels and similar establishments” accounted for 24.4% of overnight stays (11.8 million), mostly associated with trips for “professional or business reasons”.

When planning trips, the internet was used in 30.1% of trips (-0.1 p.p.), with this option being preferred in 63.9% of trips abroad (-3.4 p.p.) and 24.2% of domestic trips (+0.9 p.p.).