Lisbon Hotels' Difficult Summer: Supply Outpaces Demand
More hotel rooms are chasing the same Lisbon tourists, with the airport at capacity. Expect continued downward pressure on city rates into autumn.
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Hold your Lisbon rates firm: hotels in the city are having a “difficult summer”, and that pressure reaches short-term rentals too. The hotel sector expects 2026 to close with revenue up to +5% but not occupancy, per Expresso on 6 August 2026. More rooms are chasing the same tourists, with the airport at capacity, so expect continued downward pressure on city rates into autumn.
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