Algarve Situation Report Wednesday 8th September 2021
Accommodation in the Algarve reached 76% in August with the help of the Portuguese
The Association of Hotels and Touristic Enterprises of the Algarve – AHETA, made known the variations in the occupation of accommodation in the Algarve in August.
In terms of average occupancy, there was an increase compared to last year of 26.9%, in the provisional data sent in a statement.
The overall average / room occupancy rate decreased by 17.9% compared to 2019, being 76.2%. Compared to the same year, the domestic market increased 50.8%, while the foreign market decreased 58.6%.
In terms of sales volume, the decrease was 36.2% and 10.7%, compared to 2019 and 2020, respectively.
Since the beginning of the year, the average decrease in room occupancy was minus 59.3%. The volume of sales presented a decrease of minus 54.8%, compared to the same period of 2019.
By geographical areas, compared to August 2019, there were only decreases in Portimão / Praia da Rocha minus 24.6% and Faro / Olhão minus 11%.
Man who shot his partner in Armação de Pêra was arrested
The Judiciary Police, with the collaboration of the GNR of Armação de Pera, detained a 59-year-old man for strong evidence of the crime of attempted murder, which occurred in Armação de Pera.
According to the PJ, the victim was the suspect’s partner. In a statement, it reads that the facts under investigation took place on September 4, “at the end of the afternoon, in the middle of a public street”, when the suspect, armed with a firearm, “shot the victim, who was transported to hospital, finding herself out of danger’.
Submitted to judicial interrogation, the detainee was placed in preventive detention.
Woman suffers spinal injury after being rolled by wave at Praia da Rocha
A 55-year-old woman, who suffered a spinal injury after being overtaken by a wave at Praia da Rocha, in Portimão, was rescued yesterday, the 6th, by elements of the “SeaWatch” Project.
According to the National Maritime Authority, following an alert received at 2:46 pm by the lifeguards on the beach, the elements of the “SeaWatch” Project immediately moved to the site.
There, they provided first aid to the victim, who was then transported by an INEM ambulance to the Hospital de Portimão.