Portugal's tourism industry is expecting a strong summer season, as early indicators from June point to healthy demand. However, industry bodies are warning that consumers are becoming increasingly price-conscious and businesses are facing mounting operational pressures.
Singer Bonnie Tyler has come out of a coma and is now conscious, though she remains in intensive care at Faro Hospital in Portugal, where she faces what doctors describe as a slow road to recovery.
Odeleite Beach, a newly-constructed freshwater beach located at the dam of the same name in Castro Marim, Algarve, is set to open on 26 June and will be available to the public until the end of August.
A 28-year-old surfer was rescued on Tuesday morning at Cordoama Beach, in the Algarve municipality of Vila do Bispo, after suffering a fractured arm while surfing.
Albufeira City Council is set to invest more than €912,000 in four new firefighting vehicles for the town’s volunteer fire brigade, in a move aimed at strengthening its operational capacity and improving its response to rural wildfires.
The artificial replenishment of sand along the coast between Quarteira and Garrão has restored a number of beaches in time for the summer season, along one of the most heavily visited stretches of the Algarve coast. However, the benefits are expected to be temporary, according to experts.
The Algarve has ranked below the national average across all four of Portugal’s principal regional development indicators in 2024, according to figures published on Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), highlighting persistent structural weaknesses in a region heavily dependent on tourism despite its strong economic profile.
Silves, Loulé, São Brás de Alportel and Tavira were placed under a very high rural wildfire risk warning this Monday, according to the Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
