The European Commission could give the thumbs down to the Portuguese Government’s new Local Accommodation laws which aim to restrict the de-characterisation of traditional historic neighbourhoods [...]

Text: Natasha Donn – Portugal Resident/Lusa Lisbon City Council is to extend its restrictions on Local Accommodation licences to five additional ‘bairros’ or neighbourhoods in the city. The [...]

Since the Government announced its Housing Package on March 16, with restrictive rules on guest houses for tourists in Lisbon and Porto and other cities, applications for licences have quadrupled [...]

Hoteliers are against plans by municipal councils in the Algarve to reintroduce the ‘tourism tax’ and even increasing it. The Algarve Resident reports that the idea was put forward by the [...]

The daily charges for luxury guest houses or Local Accommodation hit a record of €300 per day in July in Porto and Lisbon. In Lisbon this price was seen in the downtown Baixa where a night in [...]

The Portuguese parliament has thrown out a call for tax relief to help beleaguered guest house owners operating in the country through local accommodation and airbnb schemes. Last week several [...]