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Faial, São Jorge and Flores were the only islands with more arrivals in October. Pico and São Miguel had the steepest falls, Regional Statistics Service figures show.
Fishing, aquaculture and fish-processing companies can claim back part of the higher fuel costs they carried since February. Applications close on 30 November.
Tourism money rises by about 58% to 17.2 million euros, an air routes fund is coming, and the Pico runway extension and the São Jorge and Flores terminals are on the airport list.
The 10:45 Horta to Madalena crossing will run without vehicle space from Monday to Saturday while the Atlânticoline ferry is in a Spanish shipyard.
Only the Algarve and Madeira had lower rates among Portugal's regions. About 5,500 people were out of work in the islands.
Rents under the RAOC scheme run from 288 to 644 euros a month, and tenants can buy the home after a year, with the rent already paid deducted from the price.
Unions put turnout on the islands at around 70%. Workers want a tax-free meal card and a new performance assessment system, and further protests are set for 30 November and 2 December.
Rostering, lost seniority after sick leave, rest seats on the A321 and holiday booking are among the grievances behind a possible walkout at Azores Airlines.
The same hearing of the Azores regional parliament approved an independent technical commission to investigate soil contamination on Terceira.
Heart patients on Terceira can now have a catheterisation on the island, after the hospital's new haemodynamics unit treated its first patients.
BE/Açores urged the Regional Government to curb new Local Accommodation licences in high-pressure areas, rehabilitate vacant public buildings and expand public housing.
The Azores Government says housing policy will continue beyond the Recovery and Resilience Plan, while parties in the Regional Assembly pressed for more affordable homes and longer-term action.