AL Sees 39.9% Growth

In Search of Hope – by Sam Gannon

Seconded to the parish of Tililngdon, the Reverend Dolores has been presented with a challenge.

She’s living in an antiquated house and she’s cold. Furthermore, her new Bishop, Bishop Alice does not approve of ‘showgirls in dog collars.’

Determined to prove the Bishop wrong, she sets about warming her house – who cares if it smells of horse! There is the crochet club, jumble sale, and soup run to organise. And this year, the church bells will ring, no matter what threats are made. Even more so, the newly formed choir will spread a little joy this Christmas, even though they can’t sing – yet! And with a little help from Phil, her bassist, this year could be full of magic.

However, she has a fight on her hands as the townies out in Knob Hill – she must stop calling it that, are trying to stop her from ringing her bells. When Krystal with a K decides to do some volunteer work, Dolores sets out to see just how committed she really is.

Up to her ears in granny squares and squawking choristers, Dolores is revving up for Christmas, yet a deeper darker secret is beginning to emerge!

A secret that could blow the whole parish apart and put Dolores in danger.

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In Local Accommodation (AL), 532.1 thousand guests were registered (+39.9% than in 2022), which gave rise to more than 2.6 million overnight stays, representing an increase of 34.1% compared to 2022 and 111.8% compared to 2019. The information was released today by the Regional Directorate of Statistics of Madeira (DREM).

The same analysis adds that, with regard to time-sharing, there was the entry of 53.7 thousand guests (-10.1% than in 2022). Overnight stays stood at 570.8 thousand, decreasing by 8.4% compared to 2022 and by 8.6% compared to 2019.

DREM explains that of the total number of incoming guests and overnight stays, about 67.5% and 65.5%, in the same order, are already accounted for in the hotel industry, given that all time-sharing establishments in the “tourist housing” modality are included in the sample of the Survey on the Permanence of Guests in Hotels and other Accommodations (IPHH). In a separate survey, developed by DREM (Survey on the Permanence of Guests in Time-sharing Establishments), the total number of establishments that practice this modality is calculated autonomously, which, in 2023, accounted for 17.5 thousand guests entered and 196.9 thousand overnight stays, with an average stay of 8.15 days.

As for ‘other types of collective tourist accommodation’, last year, there were 36.1 thousand overnight stays in holiday camps and youth hostels, representing increases of 27.3% compared to 2022 and 52.3% compared to 2019. The national market accounted for 74.3% of the total overnight stays (+34.2% more than in 2022).

75,072 rounds on Madeira’s three golf courses

There is also an analysis of golf in the Region, and the Golf Course Survey reveals that 75,072 rounds were played on the three golf courses in the Autonomous Region of Madeira in 2023 (+8.3% than in 2022 and +14.8% than in 2019), having generated around 3.8 million euros in revenues.

In the three campsites of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, in the year under review, they received 4,866 campers, who produced 11,481 overnight stays.

Samantha Gannon

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