The Algarve region's share of total national tourism revenue rose to 33.1% this summer, reversing several years of decline relative to the national growth trend.
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Read today’s briefingData from the National Statistics Institute (INE) shows that while tourism revenue increased in all regions of Portugal in August, the Greater Lisbon area was the only region to record a decline.
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