&NewLine;<div class="wp-block-cover has-background-dim-10 has-very-dark-gray-background-color has-background-dim is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow" style="background-image:url(https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/le-portugal-en-plein-forme.jpeg)"><p class="wp-block-cover-text">PORTUGAL IN TOP FORM CONTINUES TO SEDUCE</p></div>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Since emerging from the crisis&comma; in 2014&comma; the strength of the Portuguese economy has not wavered&period; Even if the country&comma; not escaping the general slowdown&comma; suffered a slowdown at the end of&rsquo&semi;year&period;&nbsp&semi;GDP growth comes out for 2018 at 2&comma;1&nbsp&semi;&percnt;&comma; slightly below the 2&comma;3&nbsp&semi;&percnt; anticipated by the government but above the eurozone average of 1&comma;8&nbsp&semi;&percnt;&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The <strong>success story</strong> In recent years, growth has been driven by external factors, boosted by a revival in competitiveness, linked to the internationally-administered economic recovery plans implemented between 2011 and 2014. Foreign investors have also played a major role in this growth; </p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">1&comma;8&percnt; growth in the eurozone</h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Economic growth in the&rsquo&semi;eurozone as a whole slowed to 1&comma;8&percnt; in 2018&comma; compared with 2&comma;4&percnt; the&rsquo&semi;previous year&period; Confirmed on Thursday the&rsquo&semi;European statistics office Eurostat&comma; confirming its first estimate at the end of January&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>For 2019&comma; <strong>the Portuguese government</strong> continues to forecast growth of 2&comma;2&percnt;&comma; while the central bank predicts GDP growth of 1&comma;8&percnt;&period; Among the main drivers of economic recovery&period; The hotel industry welcomed a record 12&comma;8 million foreign tourists&period; They generated sales of 3&comma;6 billion&semi;euros&comma; according to industry statistics published Thursday by the&rsquo&semi;Ine&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Portugal, a welcoming land for entrepreneurs </h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p style="text-align:left">Portugal's economic dynamism seduces <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="les entrepreneurs (ouverture dans un nouvel onglet)" href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/kit-creation-entreprise-portugal/" target="_blank">entrepreneurs&nbsp&semi;but also&nbsp&semi;auto-entrepreneurs</a>The country is attracting an increasing number of foreign investors through reduced corporate taxes, many of whom are French entrepreneurs won over by the Portuguese quality of life&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;Three regions in particular are experiencing significant growth&nbsp&semi;&colon; those of <strong>Porto&comma; de Lisbonne&nbsp&semi;et&nbsp&semi;Algarve&nbsp&semi;dans&nbsp&semi;le&nbsp&semi;sud&nbsp&semi;du&nbsp&semi;pays</strong>&period; The North is more industrial&comma; while the South is more conducive to tourism&period; Digital capital&comma; Every year, Lisbon organizes the Web Summit&comma; one of Europe's biggest tech conferences&period; Nearly 2&ThinSpace;000 start-ups at its last edition&period; Real estate&comma; Textiles and mechanical subcontracting are examples of booming sectors&period; Looking for investors or qualified executives&nbsp&semi;from abroad&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class="wp-block-heading">Investing in Portugal&nbsp&semi;&colon; what&nbsp&semi;advantages&ThinSpace;&quest;</h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Portugal is one of Europe&rsquo&semi;s leading countries in terms of foreign investment&period; The country attracts foreign investors in particular thanks to its famous tax exemption. <a rel="noreferrer noopener" aria-label="fiscale appliquée au revenu des travailleurs étrangers relevant du statut ;rnh (ouverture dans un nouvel onglet)" href="https://vivreauportugalconsulting.com/regime-fiscal-du-resident-non-habituel/" target="_blank">tax applied to the income of foreign workers with RNH status</a>&period; This status of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;non-habitual resident" is intended for people&nbsp&semi;residing in Portugal for more than 183 days a year and who have not lived&nbsp&semi;in the country in the past&period;&nbsp&semi;If these conditions are met&comma; income tax is capped <strong>at&nbsp&semi;20&nbsp&semi;&percnt;</strong>&period;</p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Local labor is cheap&comma;&nbsp&semi;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;although this is beginning to change"</em>Moreover, dynamic metropolises such as Porto and Lisbon, which have become expensive, are beginning to displease investors, who are now turning their attention to medium-sized towns. They appreciate the quality of the local workforce;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;hard at work".</em>&period; The Portuguese are a people&nbsp&semi;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;conqueror"</em>&nbsp&semi;because of their history&comma; and are&nbsp&semi;<em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;particularly internationally oriented".</em>&comma; which would explain their policy in favor of foreign investment&comma; sometimes criticized within the European Union&nbsp&semi;period;<br></p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;arm&lowbar;setup id&equals; "10&Prime&semi;&rsqb;</p>&NewLine;
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