“Welcome” to Portugal!
2024 may go down in Portuguese holiday record books as the year when things lurched a little bit sideways. There are the habitual ‘horrendous queues at Faro airport’ to deal
AL holiday lettings forced to reduce prices
July has not been going well for AL (holiday lettings): there is less demand for short-term rentals and visitors are looking for a good deal. Rui Silva of GuestReady has
Albufeira’s battle against “excessive behaviour” begins
More policing, new code of conduct and awareness campaigns among measures being implemented in Albufeira Albufeira has announced that concrete action is being taken to control the cases of “excessive behaviour”
Domestic tourism falls for first time since 2021
Travel by residents in Portugal fell by 7.8 % in the first quarter of this year, compared to the same period in 2023, to 4.5 million, the first drop since
Almeida D’Eça: the photographers who created Algarve’s tourism image
Asta and Luís de Almeida d’Eça became renowned for their promotional photographs of the Algarve from the 1960s and 1970s. They crafted the image of the Algarve as a tourism
Algarve urges tourists to help “save water”
Travellers arriving at Faro airport on Tuesday were greeted by a creative ‘Save Water’ campaign Travellers arriving at Faro Airport on Tuesday afternoon (July 23) were met with a striking
More Americans, fewer Portuguese this summer in Algarve
Number of American tourists travelling to the Algarve is on the rise The Algarve is welcoming more Americans but fewer Portuguese tourists this summer, according to regional hotels and tourism
Porto to limit ‘tuk-tuks’, hop on-hop off buses in historic centre
Porto will limit the circulation of ‘tuk-tuks’ and tour buses in the historic centre, also limiting double-decker hop on-hop off buses and ending the circulation of the tourist train in
Faro Airport to urge tourists to save water
Campaign to be launched at Faro Airport Aiming to raise awareness amongst holidaymakers about the importance of saving water, tourism authorities will launch a major water conservation campaign at Faro International
Lisbon city council approves doubling of tourist tax from September 1
Lisbon city council has approved a proposal to increase the tourist tax on overnight stays from €2 per guest per night to €4 per guest per night. The change will