Algarve hoteliers predict slight rise in New Year’s occupancy rates
Occupancy to be “slightly above the 80% recorded last year” Hoteliers in the Algarve are predicting a slight increase in their occupancy rates for the New Year’s Eve season compared
Tourism revenue “likely to grow 9% in 2025”
Portugal closes 2024 with €27 billion in tourism revenue Portugal expects to close 2024 with €27 billion in tourism revenue while the outlook for 2025 is growth of 9%, Secretary
Grândola cuts back on around 7,000 touristic beds
Sun and sea tourism between Melides and Tróia, in Grândola – introduced to the world when Madonna galloped on horseback across the sands of Comporta in 2018 – will lose
Loulé begins charging tourist tax
Loulé becomes sixth Algarve municipality to charge a tourist tax The municipal council of Loulé started charging a tourist tax on Friday, November 1, it has announced. Guests, aged 16
Azores gears up for yet more tourism, with new flights from Switzerland
The regional government of Portugal’s Azores Islands said on Wednesday that the expansion of flights between the region and Switzerland strengthens the archipelago’s connectivity with Europe and is “a major
Lisbon’s unrest goes viral, ‘threatens tourism’
Saturday another day of heightened concerns, with two rival protests The scourge of violence affecting Lisbon since the killing of Odair Moniz by PSP police has reached the attention of
Tourism group questions delay in progress on new Lisbon airport
The Portuguese Tourism Confederation (CTP) reiterates the urgent need for an alternative to Lisbon airport and questions how the project is progressing since Alcochete was chosen, asking for a timetable
Foreign tourist spending at all time high in August
Tourist receipts, with spending by foreign tourists in Portugal, totalled €4.1 billion in August, an all-time high, according to figures from the Bank of Portugal (BdP) released today. Travel and
‘Save Water’ helps Algarve tourism cut water consumption by 13%
Reduction is in line with the government’s 13% target Tourism businesses in the Algarve which joined the ‘Save Water’ initiative – a water efficiency program aimed at reducing consumption –
Six areas in Lisbon stage “simultaneous noise protest” against uncontrolled tourism
Manifesto calls for a city “to live in, and visit” Six locations in Lisbon today will be the stage of a ‘simultaneous noise protest’ against ‘uncontrolled tourism’ that has already