AHETA calls for reform
Hotel owners representative Elidérico Viegas agrees with the new Minister of Tourism’s strategy to revitalise the industry, but has called for even more fundamental structural reforms within the sector. The
Algarve’s unusual water park
Querença will soon be home to the region’s first ever Water Museum after Loulé Câmara approved funding for the project as part of a bid to revitalise the Algarve’s rural
Business as usual at Zoomarine
Zoomarine opened its doors to the public 13 years ago and since then has added many new amusements and leisure pursuits to its list of activities. Resident reporter GEORGE FLETCHER
Cliff hits the beach
Fisherman’s Beach in Albufeira has been cut off to traffic since Thursday of last week, in preparation for Sir Cliff Richard’s open-air concert to commemorate the city’s 500th birthday tonight
Corrupt officers pardoned
A court in Sintra has handed out suspended jail sentences to two GNR officers in Mem Martins and a policeman of the PSP from Reboleira, after they were found guilty
Donate cartridges to bombeiros
Lagoa bombeiros are organising a campaign to collect old computer printer toners and ink cartridges and convert them into cash. A spokesperson for the bombeiros revealed that the volunteer firefighters
Faro bridge report shock
A damning three-year-old technical report from the National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC) has been discovered this week in Faro Câmara offices. It apparently describes the bridge accessing Praia de
Faro can be important tourist destination
Faro’s Câmara President believes that, if the city uses its imagination, it could soon become one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Algarve. José Vitorino was speaking at
Fatacil celebrates silver
Organisers of the 25th Fatacil Fair, the Craftwork, Tourism, Agriculture, Commercial and Industrial Fair held in Lagoa, believe that this year’s event has the potential to be the most spectacular
Fires up by 110 per cent
According to the environmental engineers’ association, the Núcleo Regional Sul da Associação Portuguesa de Engenheiros do Ambiente (APEA), the number of forest fires across the country has risen by 110