A strike by TAP pilots caused an average drop of only 5% in the number of bookings in the national hotels. According to the Association of Portugal Hospitality (AHP) did a survey of members, this corresponds to reserves that have not been recovered. Of the total, 56% of respondents recorded cancellations.
According to the Association of Portugal Hospitality (AHP) did a survey of members, this corresponds to reserves that have not been recovered. Of the total, 56% of respondents recorded cancellations.
“There was an overall loss for the entire chain of 90 million euros but in terms of guests to the hotel lost only seven thousand guests”, said Cristina Siza Vieira, president of the executive board of AHP. The total value of damage is estimated based on tourism revenues in the same period, compiled by the Bank of Portugal, and includes 35 million loss reported by TAP due to stoppage of ten days in May.
The impact the strike turned out to not be as drastic as anticipated due to the achievement of 70% of the flights and the good results of tourism. “These results are not a big surprise because we have been monitoring over time. The impacts began to feel five days before and projected up five days after the strike,” said Cristina Siza Vieira, revealing that there was even a “less effect bad “: the extension of the stay. “The national hotel turned out to be less hostage to the impact of this strike,” he admitted, refusing to have been scaremongering in the early projections pointing to overall 300 million euro losses. “The number was based on achieving 100% compliance to strike” hold.
According to data from AHP foreign visitors that more cancellations made were France (22%), UK (20 %), Brazil (16%) and Germany (16%)
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