{"id":4039,"date":"2026-09-15T11:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/?p=4039"},"modified":"2026-09-15T12:09:46","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T12:09:46","slug":"summer-vacation-spending-rises-6-in-portugal-and-spain-surpasses-faro-as-the-top-destination-for-portuguese-travelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/news\/summer-vacation-spending-rises-6-in-portugal-and-spain-surpasses-faro-as-the-top-destination-for-portuguese-travelers\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Vacation Spending Rises 6% in Portugal, and Spain Surpasses Faro as the Top Destination for Portuguese Travelers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Overall spending in July and August increased by 6% in terms of the number of transactions (withdrawals and purchases) and by 3% in value, compared to 2025. During this vacation period, the average transaction amount was \u20ac38, and one in every six transactions on the MULTIBANCO network was made with a foreign card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the analysis of the various sectors, Leisure stood out, recording a significant increase of 20% in the number of transactions and 7% in value compared to 2025. The Restaurant sector also showed a positive trend, with growth of 10% in the number of transactions and 8% in value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Looking ahead to 2025, spending by foreign tourists in Portugal increased by 5% in the number of transactions and 1% in value, with an average transaction value of \u20ac39. Tourists from France (19%), the United Kingdom (14%), Spain (12%), Germany (7%), and the U.S. (7%) contributed most to this growth, representing the top five countries in terms of the share of transactions in total foreign spending in Portugal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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With regard to Portuguese tourists, both in Portugal and abroad, there was a 6% increase in the number of transactions and a 3% increase in spending compared to 2025, with an average amount of \u20ac37. Spain stands out as the destination of choice for Portuguese travelers, accounting for 13% of transactions, an 11% increase compared to 2025. Portuguese travelers heading to this vacation destination came mainly from the districts of Lisbon (6%) and Porto (5%). In second place as a preferred vacation destination for Portuguese travelers is the District of Faro with 12% (5% less than in 2025), with Portuguese tourists coming mainly from the districts of Lisbon (10%) and Set\u00fabal (3%). Lisbon was the third most popular destination for Portuguese travelers, also at 12% (a 2% increase), chosen by people from the districts of Porto (5%) and Braga (3%). Porto was the fourth most popular vacation destination for Portuguese travelers, accounting for 6% of transactions (down 1% from 2025), welcoming tourists from Lisbon (3%) and Aveiro (1%). Also among the top vacation destinations for Portuguese travelers is the District of Leiria, with 5% of transactions (a 1% decline compared to last year), which welcomed vacationers from the Districts of Lisbon (4%) and Porto (1%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When analyzing total Portuguese spending exclusively abroad, the share of transactions, by number, was concentrated very significantly in Spain (46%), with 15% of transactions made with cards from the Lisbon District and 11% from the Porto District, followed by France (14%), with 5% of transactions from the Lisbon District and 3% from the Porto District, Italy (7%), with 3% of transactions from the Lisbon District and 2% from the Porto District, Belgium (4%) with 2% of transactions from the Lisbon District and 1% from the Porto District, and Germany (4%) with 2% of transactions from the Lisbon District and 1% from the Porto District.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overall spending in July and August increased by 6% in terms of the number of transactions (withdrawals and purchases) and by 3% in value, compared to 2025. During this vacation period, the average transaction amount was \u20ac38, and one in every six transactions on the MULTIBANCO network was made with a foreign card. In the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":4047,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24],"class_list":["post-4039","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-mb-way-2"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4046,"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4039\/revisions\/4046"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sibsanalytics.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}