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This week in Portugal: This year’s annual weather crisis event, Americans everywhere, and the new tuk-tuk parking brigade
March 24, 2025
This week in Portugal: This year’s annual weather crisis event, Americans everywhere, and the new tuk-tuk parking brigade
This week in Portugal: tourism spending hits record high, housing crisis not helped by land reform, vote of no confidence fails, and earthquakes felt in Lisbon.
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This week in Portugal: Cheap Houses on Rural Land, Buried Banknotes, no New Lithium Plant, and more.
“Housing activists in Lisbon are to hand over a petition, signed by more than 6,600 residents, calling on city officials to agree to hold a
“Overall, 18.3 million foreigners stayed in Portuguese hotels and other tourist accommodations last year, according to the National Statistics Institute,” Reuters writes. Spaniards and Brits
“Tourism revenue increased to more than €25 billion in 2023 compared to €21.1 billion the previous year,” Bloomberg writes.
“What we experience in Praça da Figueira is a little like what we experience throughout Baixa Pombalina: the replacement of commerce by hotels and tourist
“The National Statistics Institute said nearly 8.2 million foreigners stayed in Portuguese hotels in the period, up from 6.3 million a year ago and 7.4