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

"Travel Specialists" to get people to see that there is a lot to be seen in Portugal. Furthermore, we also launched the series of livestreamings with the Sina Weibo, also with several of other regions, and did webinars about our country and specific tourism segments, to keep people confident and interested in Portugal. We hope people will not forget Portugal.

WTCF: What do you hope an international organization like the WTCF do for the world or countries at this critical moment?

Tiago Brito: WTCF is very important for many reasons. First, it's an international federation of cities, and we're altogether - everyone is connected. WTCF can aggregate in your entity, and provide a lot of insightful information, about what's going on in different parts around the world to keep them confident, interested, and motivated.

The most important is that people need travel, they don't lose these interests. Tourism keeps us all very close, we understand each other better, and we understand ourselves better by traveling. When the time comes, we're very confident that when people feel 100% safe, the tourism levels will increase enormously, and we can get even higher than 2019 levels.