Portugal Welcomes Indian Travelers for Tourism

The beautiful European country, Portugal, which is all set to welcome more international visitors, says it hopes to see tourists from India as well. Q: What’s the status of the travel – both domestic and international in Portugal like? A: The Portuguese government has been taking all necessary public health measures to protect the entire population. The analysis of the evolution of the outbreak is constant and implementation of new measures will be carried out whenever necessary. We believe, we have managed this situation with good results. Our main concern is always criteria and responsibility for public and health assurance. We are seen as an example of how well we managed the pandemic situation, and because of Turismo de Portugal initiatives, we were the first European Country awarded with ‘Safe Travels’ stamp from the World Travel & Tourism Council. We undertook several measures to ensure safety to the ones that visit us: Clean&Safe stamp which certifies tourism activities or equipment (from rent a car to hotels, museums to event venues, etc) that comply with clean and health protocols. Turismo de Portugal gave more than 22,300 stamps and trained more than 22,000 staff. Tourists can track all the establishments and tourist services with a Clean&Safe stamp, in a specific website Evaluating the compliance with a traffic light system; Portugal Health Passport, granting access to previously fixed costs to health care providers at private hospitals in Portugal and tourists can have Portugal Health Passport by registering on the platform; Portugal Travel Insurance, covering health expenses, repatriation, cancellation travel issues originated by COVID-19; Stay Away COVID, Portuguese voluntary and free App, indicating if you have been exposed to the disease and we had already 1,29 million downloads. There are rules regarding social distancing and use of beach facilities and equipment. The level of occupancy will be shown using colored flags at the beach, and travelers should download the Info Praia app, which will show real-time information on water quality and occupancy levels. As far as domestic tourism is concerned Turismo de Portugal launched a campaign #TuPodes, visita Portugal, being an invitation to all the Portuguese to discover the reasons which made our country World’s Leading Destination. We have been having tourists and they are enjoying themselves and we are obliviously very grateful to those because all partners in the tourism sector in Portugal, either private or public have worked together and very hard to set Portugal as a safe destination and this is already a successful achievement! In September we had a 45 per cent air connectivity capacity, 35 international airlines, 100 cities.