Category Archives: Algarve
Algarve’s image as a safe destination is crucial to record-breaking August
Portuguese tourism officials are celebrating a record-breaking August in terms of tourism revenue and the reason for this being that foreign tourists who otherwise would probably have visited the Middle East this year but went for a safe destination, choosing alternatives because of unrest in that part of the world.
Portugal trying to claim the Mediterranean Diet
It appears that Portugal is trying to claim the Mediterranean Diet, at a meeting in Azerbaijan, as an intangible cultural item. This is strongly and directly linked to the Algarve because the Portuguese delegation will be made up of representative of the ministry of Agriculture as well as the Tavira council, and they will argue the case and claim the lifestyle diet for the Algarve.
The Algarve coastline is planned to get a facelift
Even though there’s been this constant mantra-like line going about the Algarve in recent times of “there is no money”, it appears that the Algarve coastline is set to receive a major 5.4 million Euro face-lift as part of a whopping 200 million Euro that will be spent on the entire country’s coastline.
Faro aims to focus on health and wellness tourism
We’re keenly aware of the Algarve’s aim to broaden its appeal to a wider range of tourists, mainly focusing on marketing itself in its off-season as well, but Faro appears to be going in a different direction, namely the health and wellness tourism sector.
Ancient property law under review
The ancient waterfront property law that we’ve talked a few times earlier is going to be reviewed and hopefully simplified.
Algarve tour bus aims to attract more Spanish visitors
Algarve tour bus featuring a massive ‘Algarve’ sign will be setting off on a tour of Spain where it will hold workshops in several important cities with the goal of increasing or creating interest and attracting Spanish visitors to the region outside of the peak-season.
