Portugal fills up with tourists for New Year
Hotels are full-up for the New Year in various parts of the country – though not in the Algarve. In Serra da Estrela, more than 15,000 tourists are expected with
Hotel occupancy up 9.2% in November
Hotels and guesthouses in the Algarve saw occupancy rates increase 9.2% this November compared to the same time last year, thanks to more Portuguese (+25.5%) and British tourists (+7.9%) opting
Mystery over identity of British “lawyer” calling for tourism boycott of Portugal
A British lawyer is purported to be calling for people to boycott Portugal as a tourist destination because of the authorities’ failure to protect horses. The extraordinary connection that Ms
Portugal uses CR7 to woo Chinese holidaymakers
Portugal will be using Cristiano Ronaldo’s image rights to promote itself as a tourist destination in China, the Secretary of State of Tourism Adolfo Mesquita Nunes has announced. The 12-month
Budget 'cuts' may devastate Algarve tourism success
Tourism chiefs are worried that government-proposed budget cuts could devastate the current ‘success’ ongoing in the Algarve. This year, for instance, the Algarve registered a new high in tourist ‘sleepovers’.
Algarve wins four Portugal Travel Awards
Conrad Algarve Hotel, Dom José Beach Hotel, EPIC SANA Algarve Hotel and Onyria Palmares Golf were the four Algarve representatives that brought home an award from the Publituris Portugal Travel
Economy Minister crowns tourism “champion of economic recovery”
“Tourism is the champion of economic recovery” – the words came from Portugal’s Minister of Economy António Pires de Lima last week, only a day after it was announced that
Police unrest as French holidaymakers “lay bets” on cop attacks
Albufeira || Police have gone national over the bizarre new fad among visiting holidaymakers to lay bets on cop attacks. Their appeal follows violent scenes at a rave last week
Foreign tourists spent €81.3 per day in Algarve last year
INE || Each foreign tourist who stayed in the Algarve last year spent an average of €81.30 per day. The data comes from the National Statistics Institute (INE) and is
Disco-dodging tourists leap into Portugal’s Tejo River
An Italian and a Swede enjoying a night out in Lisbon ran up such a large bill at a local disco that they decided to make a run for it.