If tourism was hit hard by the pandemic, short-term rental did not follow this trend. In 20 months alone – from March 2020 to October 2021 – the number of requests for opening new properties was more than twice as high as the number of requests for termination, according to Read more
It is not news to us that rural tourism grew significantly during the pandemic. With the outbreaks of COVID-19 in major centers, and to avoid crowds, tourists migrated to small towns and villages and started making Airbnb bookings in rural properties. A new report published by Oxford Economics, commissioned by Read more
This year, in the Algarve, most conversations were held in Portuguese, which is a bit unusual. This is because, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE), in the summer, the domestic market reached historical values in the Algarve, having had a prominent place in national tourism. According Read more
Many short-term rental owners have been taken aback by Airbnb’s new rules. The platform, which since late last year has decided to revise its hosting policies and standards, is taking many hosts by surprise. And since we know that these changes are still generating doubts, we talked to Duarte Ramalho, Read more
We have long seen that with the pandemic, the Portuguese have begun to discover even more of Portugal on their vacations. And, in fact, this trend has never been clearer and we can see that this year the Portuguese have chosen Portugal to enjoy the Summer – mainly in the Read more
One of the most sought after places by tourists, Porto was elected the second best city in Europe in 2021, behind only Istanbul, Turkey. The voting took place through the readers of Condé Nast Traveller magazine, in the 34th edition of the Readers’ Choice Awards. To make the list of Read more