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Chinese Capital Airlines will soon be opening a new flight connecting Chinese cities, including the capital city of Beijing, to Lisbon, capital city of Portugal, as the country is witnessing a surge of Chinese tourists, Lisbon newspaper Diario de Noticias reported, according to Global Times
The Portuguese government and Tourism of Portugal is focusing its efforts on China and will soon be opening the flight connecting eastern Chinese city Hangzhou and capital Beijing to Lisbon four times per week.
The flight, taking off in July, was created by HNA Group, a Fortune Global 500 company headquartered in Haikou, Hainan, China, which is also Portugal airline TAP’s stakeholder.
Citing figures from Portugal’s tourism department, the report says the number of Chinese tourists visiting Portugal in 2016 was 19.1 percent higher than the previous year. And in the past three years, the number duplicated to over 180,000 at the end of last year.
Moreover, Chinese tourists spent around 72 million euros (76.68 million US dollars) in Portugal last year.
Chinese tourists spend more money than travellers from any other country, according to data released this week by the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO).
News source: Global Times, Xinhua, Diario de Noticias
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Starting January 1, Portugal’s capital city of Lisbon will charge a one-euro-a-day revenue municipal tax (Taxa Municipal Turística) to tourists staying overnight in the city.
The new municipal tax was approved in December 2014 by the city administration, reports The Portuguese American Journal.
The new tax will be applied to both foreign tourists and Portuguese nationals, including Lisbon residents, who choose to stay overnight at the city’s hotels or other public accommodations. The charges, paid directly by customers to the hotels, will be collected by the city as revenue.
Exempt from the new municipal tax are children under 13 years old; people who stay overnight in the city for medical treatment; and people identified as guests of organizations or institutions.
Starting in April, 2016, an additional municipal revenue tax to be determined will be also applied to visitors on arrival through Lisbon airport. The tax was scheduled to start January 1, but is on hold pending from ongoing negotiations with the ANA [Aeroportos de Portugal] and the central government.
A tax to be levied to tourist entering Lisbon by sea is also being considered.
This coming year, the municipality of Lisbon hopes to raise an estimated 15.7 million euros in revenue from the new municipal tourist tax, to finance investments in the city.
www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]
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Tourism has helped lead Portugal out of recession, with the industry forecast to account for more than 15 percent of Portugal’s 2015 GDP, bloomberg.com reported.
One of the country’s hottest destinations is Lisbon’s ‘Pink Street’, a pedestrianized road packed with bars and clubs. But residents say they are being pushed out of their own neighbourhood by the crowds, noise and crime.
Bloomberg spoke to a bar owner, a local businessman and the president of the resident’s association about whether the street is a symbol of Lisbon’s recovery or a badge of shame for the city.
www.hovedsteder.blogg.no is a Norway-based blog about the capitals of the world, with a focus on tourism and travel, the environment, diplomatic affairs, lifestyle, culture and entertainment, food and drink. See also our travel blog at www.minbestereise.blogg.no – Contact us at [email protected]
Tourism is a huge part of the income for the capital city of Lisbon, Portugal, but many locals are feeling neglected as the government continues to cater to the needs of visitors instead of the year-round residents, www.travelpulse.com writes.
In a report from Henrique Almeida of Bloomberg.com, residents in Lisbon are dealing with an unparalleled surge of tourism, making the city the fastest-growing destination in southern Europe and contributing heavily to the 11.6 billion tourism industry.
Mens London er og forblir nordmenns ultimate favorittreisemål utenlands i påsken, har mange nordmenn i år fått øynene opp for en ny destinasjon, Lisboa, skriver Boarding.no
Reisebyrået Expedia.no avslører her nordmenns påskefavoritter på reisefronten.
Etterspørselen til den portugisiske hovedstaden denne påsken har nemlig økt med hele 65 prosent fra i fjor, noe som gjør at storbyen sniker seg inn på topp 10-lista, på 8. plass.
Ni av de ti mest populære påskedestinasjonene ligger i Europa og alle de ni reisemålene vil få besøk av flere nordmenn denne påsken sammenlignet med forrige påske. Etterspørselen til Lisboa har økt mest, men også Berlin ser ut til å vokse seg mer og mer inn i nordmenns hjerter.
Etterspørselen til den tyske hovedstaden har økt med 46 prosent sammenlignet med sist påske, mens etterspørselen til de byene som topper påskefavorittlista, London og Paris har økt med henholdsvis 28 prosent og 41 prosent.
– Mange sitter i tidsklemma til daglig, med mye som skal gjøres både på jobb, skole og på fritiden. Derfor er påsken er en utmerket høytid for å ta seg et pust i bakken og ta seg en tur utenlands. Langhelg, billige storbyturer og en økende reiselyst blant nordmenn er en fin kombinasjon som legger alt til rette for en vellykket storbyferie. Eller om du har mulighet til å ta tre dager fri, kan du rømme landet for en herlig ti dager lang pause fra hverdagen, sier Charlotte Gogstad i Expedia.
Mens de europeiske storbyene gjør et byks opp på popularitetsskalaen med stadig flere norske besøkende, opplever New York en motsatt trend.
Det kan spekuleres i om dette kan ha sammenheng med den sterke dollaren. Etterspørselen til «The Big Apple» har nemlig dalt med 32 prosent i påsken sammenlignet med samme periode i fjor. Byen som var nummer fire på lista i fjor, har nå blitt forbigått av både Berlin og Praha, og må i år nøye seg med å være det sjette mest populære reisemålet blant nordmenn i påskehelgen.
– Hvis man planlegger å kaste seg rundt i siste liten og ta en påsketur utenlands, har vi introdusert et par nye måter å hjelpe til. For de som ennå ikke vet hvor turen skal gå, kan vår påskeaktivitets-generator være til god hjelp, og for de som legger påsketuren til London kan du også få lokale reisetips på nettstedet MyRealLondon, anbefaler Gogstad.
Lisboa er en sjarmerende havneby og en juvel som bare venter på å bli oppdaget. Byen er en av Europas mest trendy storbyer og det er ikke uten grunn at flere nordmenn har fått øynene opp for Portugals og sjøfarernes hovedstad.
Nå har hotels.com sitt månedens 72-timerssalg hvor du kan spare opptil 50 prosent på flere hoteller i ulike destinasjoner. Men vær rask, salget blir avsluttet torsdag, skriver nettavisen.no
Booking dato: 3. – 5. mars Utreise dato: 3. mars – 19. april
In 2014, Lisbon had its best year ever in 2014 in terms of tourism. The number of hotel rooms in Lisbon increased by 3.2% between 2013 and 2014, from 17,310 to 17,870 rooms.
In fact, Lisbon was the European city to have the highest tourism growth in 2014, 15.4%, and reaching 11.53 million overnight stays. 20 new hotels are slated to open in Lisbon in 2015, which will bring 1,600 new hotel rooms into the market, reports ftnnews.com
Openings are planned in the first quarter for the Sana Evolution (in Saldanha), Porto Bay Liberdade, Santiago de Alfama Boutique Hotel, Bessa Hotel Lisboa, My Story Hotel Rossio, Fénix Music, Skyna Hotel Lisboa and Lux Lisboa Park.
Throughout the year hotels openings will also include the Turim Saldanha, Vincci Selección, Riverside Alfama, Indigo Lisbon Old Town, Lux Hotel by Turim, Memmo Príncipe Real, Turim Boulevard, Eurostars, Cais de Santarém, Hotel Pestana in the Baixa and a Pousada de Portugal in the Terreiro do Paço square.
Among the top projects for 2015, there is the ongoing redevelopment of the city’s waterfront, with the start of new work on the Cais do Sodré square and Campo das Cebolas, complementing the work already done in Cais do Sodré and Ribeira das Naus.
Portugals hovedstad Lisboa er i ferd med å sette seg skikkelig på Europas gastronomikart. Mye takket være Jose Avillez (bildet), som står bak en lang rekke av byens beste spisesteder, skriver Se og Hør.
Foto: joseavillez.pt
Siste nykommer er Mini Bar, i et omgjort 1800-tallsteater i bydelen Chidao. Menyene er lagd slik at det minner om teaterbilletter, og levende musikk i helgene og avslappet atmosfære gjør det til et kult sted å henge.
Og, maten er så god at Mini Bar har fått plass på Conde Nasts Gold Standard-liste.
