6.6 million nights
By Paulo Áureo
After the crisis years, 2014 was the year visitors came back. Madeira’s tourist accommodation recorded close to 6.6 million overnight stays, 5.1% more than in 2013, and the number of guests grew by 7.1%.
Germany was the biggest market, with about 1.5 million nights, up 8%. The British were close behind with more than 1.4 million. And the Portuguese themselves discovered the island again: about 727,000 nights, up 10.5%.
A small detail in the same statistics: holiday lets, the alojamento local, counted just 38,370 guests that year. Today they are everywhere, from Funchal’s old town to the smallest village in the north. See where to stay in Madeira.
Sources: Madeira Regional Statistics Office, Tourism in focus 2014