Tiago Brito, Tourism Director of the Turismo de Portugal: Focus on Safe Restart of Tourism Industry to Revive Confidence

Recently, Tiago Brito, Tourism Director of the Turismo de Portugal, accepted the interview with WTCF. He introduced the measures taken by Portugal to promote the safe restart of tourism and the promotion of tourist destinations, introduced unique culture and tourism resources of Lisbon, WTCF s member city, and expressed confidence that the tourism industry will return to prosperity in the future.

Release time : 2021-01-18 14:47:27

source : WTCF

The outbreak of COVID-19 has changed tourists' focus on traveling, and the demand for travel safety-related services has increased significantly. In this context, Portugal has successively launched the "clean and safe" seal, passenger locator cards and Portuguese Health Passport to ensure the safety of tourists and it has become the first country in Europe to obtain safe travel seal.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic, WTCF has concerned about the recovery and development of the tourism industry in member cities, and actively carried out exchanges and experience sharing, hoping to provide practical assistance to member cities such as Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.

Recently, Tiago Brito, Tourism Director of the Turismo de Portugal, accepted the interview with WTCF. He introduced the measures taken by Portugal to promote the safe restart of tourism and the promotion of tourist destinations, introduced unique culture and tourism resources of Lisbon, WTCF's member city, and expressed confidence that the tourism industry will return to prosperity in the future.

Tiago Brito, Tourism Director of the Turismo de Portugal

WTCF: As you know, this year is very special. The world is affected by the pandemic. So, what are the measures taken by Portugal and the city of Lisbon to combat the pandemic and reduce the losses of tourism industry?

Tiago Brito: We have to admit that this is, for tourism industry, the worst crisis of the century. Almost every tourism stakeholder was deeply affected by the pandemic. In response to the negative impact of the pandemic on the tourism industry, Portuguese National Tourism Authority, together with Portuguese public institutions have developed a series of many measures to try to contain the pandemic and try to help local stakeholders of the tourism industry.

The first one was the "clean and safe" seal created by Portuguese national authority. According to Portuguese reality, more than 22000 companies