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Algarve loses 2 million hotel visits in a decade
More than two million visits... that’s how much the Algarve has lost in the last 10 years. The figure comes from AHETA, the association of hotels and tourist complexes – which shows that in 2001 there was a total of 16.8 million “sleep-overs” registered in official businesses throughout the Algarve, but that in 2010, this figure had dropped to 14.8 million.
Edition 710 ( 5 Jan 2012), 
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The loss of British and German holidaymakers and competition from countries like Turkey and Tunisia are cited as explanations for the shortfall.
Another reason is that these days there are around 145.000 secondary residencies in the region, with a total of 700.000 beds, that compete with registered holiday accommmodation businesses.
