Tourists continue to flock to Portugal

<p class&equals;"p1">&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">The number of tourists to Portugal jumped by almost 12% in June compared with last year, which could herald another record year for the country, whose tourism sector accounts for around 10% of gross domestic product (GDP per period);<&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">While security fears are keeping tourists away from Turkey and North Africa, Portugal has been welcoming more and more tourists every year since 2011, which has helped it to emerge from the crisis&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">The national statistics institute announced on Tuesday that 1&amp;comma;18 million foreigners stayed in hotels in Portugal in June&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Since the beginning of the&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;year&amp;comma; their number has exceeded five million&amp;comma; or 13&amp;percnt; more than over the same period of 2015&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">Hotel sector sales in Portugal rose by almost 17% in the first half of the year to 1&amp;comma;16 billion euros&amp;period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><span class&equals;"s1">The number of foreign tourists to Portugal passed the 10 million mark for the first time last year&amp;comma; with an increase of&amp;rsquo&amp;semi;around 10&amp;percnt; compared to 2014&amp;period; <&sol;span><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;investir&period;lesechos&period;fr&sol;marches&sol;actualites&sol;les-touristes-continuent-d-affluer-au-portugal-1573232&period;php" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Source<&sol;a><&sol;p>&amp;NewLine;