Tourism

National hotels and guest house welcomed 2.7 million visitors in June with a total of 7.2 million overnight stays — a YoY increase of 97.3% and 110.2% respectively according to the National [...]

Portugal could enjoy an upswing in visitors from the UK after a minister and secretary of state advised tourists to shun France as cross-channel queues at borders have made the country the [...]

The Portuguese luggage storage start-up Luggit is to expand its services to eight European cities, starting with Barcelona and Prague. Offering driver and luggage safe facilities, the start-up [...]

The Portuguese association which represents hotels, guest houses and restaurants fears there will be a rash of cancellations because of the chaos at Portugal’s Lisbon and other European airports. [...]

Portugal’s tourism sector closed 2021 with 16 million hotel and accommodation bookings from tourists who brought in €2.3Bn in revenues in 2021, but was it still below 2019 levels. The country’s [...]

Tourists and business travellers alike are facing summer months of misery at some of Portugal’s airports over baggage handling strikes overseas and lack of capacity at Lisbon’s international [...]

Portugal is the third most popular getaway destination for US holidaymakers this 4th July. This is according to a study from the Spanish consultant Mabrian which found that 13.1% of flights [...]

Portugal’s Housing and Infrastructure minister, Pedro Nuno Santos, has told the Prime Minister he’s sorry after issuing a statement revealing the government’s “new solution” to beef up airport [...]

Portugal has been enjoying a sudden heavy influx of tourists after two years of pandemic in 2020 and 2021 curtailed travel with restrictions and constraints. The Bank of Portugal stated on 20 [...]

Many of Portugal’s hotels are unable to find enough staff to see them through the busy summer season period because salaries are simply too low. According to CNN Portugal, the average salary in [...]