Worldway News: According to the Notícias ao Minuto website, João Cotrim de Figueiredo, President of the Portuguese Tourism Association, revealed to the Lusa News Agency that compared to February 2014, the number of tourists planning to visit Portugal this February has increased by 50%.
This data comes from major airlines, and relevant personnel have made data statistics on the booking status of Chinese tourism air tickets during the Spring Festival. The President of the Portuguese Tourism Association stated, "The relevant data is still changing, but the current data statistical results show that many Chinese people choose to travel to Portugal during the Spring Festival." The number of Chinese people about to travel to Portugal has rapidly increased by 50%.
The Spring Festival is the most grand festival for Chinese people every year. During this period, most office workers can also get a relatively long holiday. In addition, the exchange rate of the Euro against the RMB has plummeted recently, and the tourism expenses for Chinese people to Europe will be relatively reduced. In this way, the holiday provides a good opportunity for Chinese people, and the decline in the exchange rate has also stimulated the growth in the number of tourists to Portugal.
From the data of the first eight months of last year, the total revenue brought by Chinese tourists to Portugal rose to 33,500,000 Euros, which is double the total revenue compared to the same period in the previous year. At the same time, in the first quarter of 2014, the number of Chinese tourists to Portugal increased by 69%, reaching 55,400.
A travel agency in Beijing told a Lusa reporter that for many Chinese people, Portugal, Spain, and Greece are very good European travel destinations. The travel agency also pointed out that the decline in the Euro exchange rate and the simplification of visa application procedures are conducive to increasing the number of Chinese tourists traveling to Europe.
In 2014, more than 100 million Chinese people traveled to regions outside mainland China, and Chinese tourists are all over the world. Among them, the period when the most Chinese people travel abroad is also during the Spring Festival.
Worldway European immigration experts said that the year-on-year increase in the number of Chinese tourists to Portugal will enhance people-to-people exchanges between the two countries. More and more Chinese people will learn more about Portugal, this Western European country with unlimited charm, through travel. This will undoubtedly prompt more and more Chinese investors to choose Portugal as their destination for overseas investment and immigration.
