In a statement the RTA said the entities all agreed during the meeting that joint action is necessity to ensure the Algarve “confronts and responds to” Brexit.
“The UK is Portugal’s main tourist market, representing 8.3 million annual overnight stays in rated accommodation, and the Algarve is the main destination for British tourists in the country, making up around 70 percent of those stays, which is why it is important for us to maintain confidence in the ability of the [UK’s] agents in continuing to attract the preference of British tourists.”
“On the other hand”, the RTA’s statement continued, “the revenue generated by UK tourists in the region (€1.5 billion of a national total of about €2 billion) represents a significant contribution to the trade balance of goods and services.”
After meeting with partners including the Algarve Inter-municipal Community AMAL, regional tourism association ATA, and the Algarve’s largest hotel association AHETA, it was concluded that tourism in the region during the first six months of this year has been “frankly positive”, both in terms of tourism operations and renegotiating current and future contracts.
“There have been no drops in demand,” the RTA stressed.
“Notwithstanding”, it continued, “it was unanimously agreed that we should strive to draw up joint action, with measures aimed at confronting and responding to possible future impacts of the Brexit.”
These would include, the RTA listed, promoting the Algarve among the British market to consolidate demand from British tourists; keeping on with the strategy to diversify markets, and intensifying bilateral relations with the British community resident in the Algarve, “to strengthen the relationship of trust that has existed since tourism in the Algarve.”
Algarve tourist board holds Brexit post-mortem
in Algarve · 07 Jul 2016, 13:36 · 4 Comments
I have a place in Vilamoura.
My opinion is that this should see the growth expected and next hopefully the scare mongering will stop and uk will move on
By Tom Bailey from UK on 08 Jul 2016, 07:10
Holiday home Vilamoura
Speaking to many portuguese.
They feel the uk left the EU because of imagination.
People freely entering the UK was only part off it.
2 main reasons
Free movement of terrorists freely moving through boarders not to mention criminals.
The allful amount of money wasted through Brussels while people in Greece and other struggling EU counties are staving.
Lastly if David Cameron had gone for more robust plan to stay in the EU than the water down plan he went in with then the EU and the World would have relised how fed up the UK PEOPLE WERE.
PS
Like most countries the politions haven't really got a clue how normal people are thinking
Really unbelievable
By Tom Bailey from UK on 08 Jul 2016, 07:24
I think the type of tourist we have in the Algarve will continue to enjoy holidays here at the same rate they are at the current time. Lots of people have homes here and the brexit won't affect their regular visits. We also have huge amounts of non British which obviously doesn't come into the discussion. I fear for the holiday destinations with less foreign home owners.
By Olly Cross from Algarve on 10 Jul 2016, 11:39
The only thing that Germany and Brussels has done is to ruin southern European countries by getting each deep in debt with the Euro currency.How can that been seen as a success? In the months to come even more loans will be granted to country`s that will never ever be able to re-pay. Brussels is like a Gambler who has lost control but somehow keeps finding the funds to make it look like its a winner only on this scale hundreds of millions of people most already poor are the losers.
By Troy from UK on 11 Jul 2016, 06:53