“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 developments. A process that began in
“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 million in the first six
Here’s an aggressive 24-hour tour of Lisbon that will help you get a good feel for the city of light. Our guess is after completing this itinerary, you’ll end up changing your ticket out to go for another few days at least.
“Visitors from Britain represented the largest share of total arrivals in May, closely followed by the United States, which has significantly grown as a source of tourism to Portugal,” according
“The visit from 2 – 6 August is longer than originally expected and covers almost the entire week of the big Catholic rally that St. John Paul II inaugurated to
August is gearing up to be great.
“The number of foreign tourists visiting Portugal surpassed 2.8 million from January through March, making it the best first quarter on record despite high global inflation and interest rates,” Reuters
In addition to TAP, cancellations affected flights on Azores Airlines (SATA group), British Airways, Ryanair, TAAG and Scandinavian Airlines.
“According to Portugal’s statistics office INE, hotels and restaurants employed 266,600 people in the first quarter of 2022, 45,200 more than in the same period last year, but 33,200 less than in the first three months of 2019.”
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