Tourism

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, Portugal continues to be ‘flavour of the year’ by overseas entities. This time Forbes magazine retains a Top 20 slot for Porto which it says is one of 20 ‘must see’ [...]

A fifth of Portugal’s revenues from tourism have been completely lost with 70% of hotels and accommodation either closed or without guests. This is according to the latest figures released by the [...]

The Government has decided to create a new credit line for the tourism industry to help companies that organise events. The new line of finance, aimed particularly at small and medium sized [...]

The Portuguese authorities have begun a charm offensive with the British Government this week in an attempt to get London to remove Portugal from the Covid-19 risk list of countries.   By [...]

While Covid-19 didn’t create the concept of socially distant luxury living, the concept is certainly attracting more attention now in a post Corona world. In a Zoom webinar, Financial Times [...]

The Wyndham Grand has purchased the Monte da Quinta Resort and turned it into the Wyndham Grand Algarve Residences. The Quinta do Lago development has 132 apartments and a spa, two pools and [...]

Lisbon City Council is to shift its priority away from AirBnB towards affordable homes in a bid to attract Portuguese professional and working class families back into the city centre. In an [...]

The British Government’s “absurd and unfair” decision to exclude Portugal from a list of countries deemed safe to travel without the need for quarantine, has been slammed as “absurd and unfair” [...]

The falloff in tourism numbers in the Algarve caused unemployment to increase by over 200% in May according to the Institute of Employment and Professional Training (IEFP). The institute calls [...]

A survey from the Portuguese Hotel & Restaurant Association – AHRESP has revealed that 18% of bed and breakfast establishments in Portugal say they are filing for bankruptcy. The survey [...]