It was a banner year for tourism in Portugal in 2023 as the country welcomed a record number of 26.5 million visitors to its cities, mountains and shorelines.
The country benefited in part from its vacation getaway affordability, the red-hot popularity of its southern Algarve region and its liberal visa programs.
Record Year For Tourism
The record number of 26.5 million travelers visiting Portugal last year was a 19.2 percent increase over the visitor counts from the pandemic affected year of 2022.
Even despite the comparison to a pandemic year, Portugal recorded a respectable 7.7 percent increase over the pre-pandemic year.
According to the results recently reported by the
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