“If it weren’t for the continued progress of tourism, which is likely one of the few sectors in Portugal whose insurance policies don’t bear important modifications regardless of modifications in authorities, the Portuguese economic system would most likely be in stagnation.”

This concept was shared by former deputy prime minister Paulo Portas, who was one of many audio system taking part within the sixteenth nationwide conference of the Heavy Passenger Transport Affiliation (ARP), which passed off in Braga, final weekend and reported by Publituris.

Talking to round 200 ARP members, a few of them linked to vacationer transport, Paulo Portas shared some reflections on geo-economic and geopolitical tendencies that might have an effect on the passenger transport sector, tourism and the Portuguese economic system basically, highlighting the significance tourism as one of many important causes behind the two% progress of the nationwide economic system this yr, above the European economic system. “Tourism is on monitor to contribute to twenty% of Portuguese GDP. It’s completely extraordinary,” he commented.

Paulo Portas believes that overseas vacationers who go to Portugal needs to be handled properly. “We’re not wealthy and kickstarting the technology of wealth won’t be a really clever act”, he argued, including that the sector’s progress development is about to proceed: “Tourism continues to rise and there’s no indication on the contrary, until there’s a world disaster.”