The outbreak of Covid-19 last year has hit tourism like a ton of bricks, with many countries across the globe experiencing a massive slowdown in the industry. For example, Germany’s tourism sector lost an astronomical €161 billion in 2020 alone, states the website http://www.fitformoney.de. Now, Portugal’s tourism industry is bracing for the full impact of the pandemic.
The filming of “Infernal Machine”, by the American director Andrew Hunt, began this Monday in the streets of the city of Loulé. This is the first film shot at Moviebox's movie studios in Loulé, which has the support of Câmara de Loulé through the Loulé Film Office.
Algarve mayors are asking for a change in the criteria of the Covid-19 risk map. The region is practically all at high or very high risk of contagion during peak season. A situation that will continue in the coming weeks.
Paralympic athlete Luís Costa from Portimâo has qualified for the Tokyo Paralympic Games, which will take place in Japan between August 24th and 5th of September.
The Judiciary Police are investigating the fire in Monchique that broke out at 13:30 on Saturday. The flames have consumed more than 600 hectares in that municipality, and then spread to Portimão.
There was no police presence either needed or visible at the passionate but well-behaved demonstration that took place yesterday morning, 18th July 2021, on the dam wall of the Santa Clara Barragem in the Lower Alentejo.
Over 1,000 lts of water per second are being pumped out of Santa Clara lake, 24/7, over 90% going to intensive agriculture owned by foreign berry growers, 3% to clean a mine and 6% to locals, who are starting to have their water restricted and in some cases cut off.
In an open letter, released today, doctors and pharmacists have spoken out against taking "extraordinary containment measures" to combat the pandemic, warning that they produce "more serious" effects than covid-19 itself.
