PORTUGAL STILL ON TOP OF THE PODIUM

&amp;NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Portugal best destination in the world<&sol;h2>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>For some years now&amp;comma; the success of Portugal's tourism sector has been undeniable&amp;period; Once again this year&amp;comma; Portugal continues its ascent among the world's top destinations&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>On November 28, Oman&amp;comma; hosted the 26th international edition of the <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" aria-label&equals;"wta -world travel awards &lpar;opens in a new tab&rpar;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;worldtravelawards&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">WTA -World Travel Awards<&sol;a>Among the 12 awards received by Portugal&amp;comma; the country won&amp;comma; for the 3rd year running&amp;comma; the coveted title of "&amp;ThinSpace;World's Best Destination&amp;ThinSpace;"&amp;comma; Lisbon&amp;comma; for the 2nd year&amp;comma; that of "&amp;ThinSpace;World's Best City Break Destination&amp;ThinSpace;" and Madeira of "&amp;ThinSpace;World's Best Island Destination&amp;ThinSpace;"&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Already distinguished in 2019<&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In October&amp;comma; Portugal had already received the award for " <strong>Accessible tourist destination 2019<&sol;strong> "A distinction awarded for the first time&amp;comma; in recognition of Portugal's efforts to promote the&amp;semi;accessibility of tourism&amp;comma; and in particular for&amp;semi;access to services and public transport, including for people with disabilities. <strong>disabled<&sol;strong>&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Portugal best destination and growth still on the rise <&sol;h3>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>In August 2019&amp;comma; the State Secretariat for Tourism&amp;comma; stated that <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;vivreauportugalconsulting&period;com&sol;le-portugal-en-pleine-forme&sol;">the revenues <&sol;a>tourism in Portugal had already generated a total of 7&amp;comma;3 billion euros in the first half of 2019&amp;period; That's an increase of 6&amp;comma;5 &amp;percnt; compared to the same period last year&amp;period; The number of tourists could reach a record 24 million visitors for the year 2019&amp;comma; according to forecasts by the public body Turismo de Portugal&amp;period; This represents an increase of around two-million compared to the year 2018&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>Half of the tourists who visited Portugal were mainly Spanish &amp;lpar;14&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; English &amp;lpar;13&amp;comma;4&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; of French &amp;lpar;10&amp;comma;3&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; of&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;Germans &amp;lpar;9&amp;comma;3&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;comma; and of Brazilians &amp;lpar;7&amp;comma;5&amp;percnt;&amp;rpar;&amp;period; <&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;&amp;NewLine;<p>The sector has experienced in <strong>For 2018, the increase was 8&amp;comma;1 &amp;percnt;<&sol;strong>4 billion to the country's economy&amp;period; Research conducted by the WTTC World Travel Tourism Council&amp;comma; shows that in 2018&amp;comma; 1 out of every 5 euros in Portugal came from tourism&amp;period; In addition, the travel and tourism sectors recorded one of the highest growth rates in Europe and created one in every five jobs in the country&amp;period;<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;