NEW RECORD: Algarve hotels with 95% of rooms booked in August
There were barely any empty hotel rooms in the Algarve in August, the region’s hoteliers association (AHETA) has revealed. AHETA boss Hélder Martins says that between 94% and 95% of
Alojamento Local prices skyrocket 30% and revenues already surpass 2019
Rising prices and demand from tourism have helped recovery since April. Although the number of tourists is still below pre-pandemic levels, ‘alojamento local’ (local lodging) revenues are recovering, and the
Serra da Estrela tourism hit by ‘wave of cancellations’ post-wildfire
Hotels particularly call for ‘recovery plan’, underlining “none of this needed to have happened…” As tourism and hoteliers in Serra da Estrela suffer a wave of cancellations as a result
TAP pilots stage dramatic demo outside company’s Lisbon HQ
Challenge infrastructures minister Pedro Nuno Santos to “assume mistake” TAP’s miserable summer of discontent continues today, in spite of the airline’s rallying call to workers to ‘come on board’ with
EasyJet: to fly to eight new destinations from Lisbon this winter
Company now Portugal’s No 3 overall operator After clinching the 18 daily slots ‘lost’ by TAP, British low-cost airline easyJet has announced it will operate 13 new routes and expand
“Nature doesn’t take a break”
Algarve’s new campaign aimed at tourists A new campaign entitled ‘Nature doesn’t take a break’ has been launched by the Algarve tourism board (RTA). Its goal is to encourage holidaymakers
Portugal “should be ‘sold’ as most sustainable country in world”
Tourism secretary seeks to increase revenue from sector Tourism secretary Rita Marques has made a valiant effort at increasing positive soundbites today by suggesting Portugal should be marketed as “the
Recovery of tourism turns focus back to new airport
Opposition wants “firm decision” so tourism can grow News that Portugal’s recovery is being led by buoyant tourism has returned focus to the new airport, promised by this government in
Algarve hotel occupancy levels back to normal in April
While the number is still down compared to the record-breaking year of 2019, the Algarve’s hotels registered much more ‘normal’ occupancy levels in April 2022, with 60.4% of their rooms
Portugal registers five-fold increase in tourists
Tourists make most of March Tourist accommodation maintained acceleration in March, with 1.6 million guests and four million overnight stays recorded – corresponding to increases of 464.1% and 543.2%, respectively,