Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2023, Portugal's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes increased by 10.3% compared to 2022, reaching 3,172,304.

Portugal accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 185,220,958.

Portugal ranks 13th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 10.3% (from 2,875,301 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.