‘We will end the year with tourism revenues 50% below 2019’ – Portuguese economy minister

  • 18 November, 21

The Portuguese economy minister believes that the tourism sector is recovering and so it will be possible for the sector to reach record numbers in 2019.

The government believes that Portugal will close 2021 with half the tourism revenue achieved in 2019, in what was a record year for the sector. Pedro Siza Vieira says this is the time to “lick wounds” and “ensure that the scars heal quickly”.

“Now that tourism is recovering, the possibility that we will more quickly reach the value of the product we had in 2019 and recover the trend will happen because we knew how to establish the sector as a trend,” the economy minister said this Thursday, during the 32nd Hospitality and Tourism Congress, which runs until tomorrow in Albufeira.

“We will reach the end of the year with tourism revenues 50% below the numbers registered in 2019. We have to lick wounds and ensure that the scars heal quickly,” Siza Vieira added.

Cre: Econews

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