The Algarve hopes its beaches will, once again, be full of British touristsVineyard hosts, bed and breakfast owners and luxury hoteliers across Portugal welcomed the news yesterday that British tourists can enter from Monday. At the Quinta de Sant’Ana farm in Gradil, Mafra, near Lisbon, a family-run business that offers rooms and venues for events, its owner, James Frost, originally from Dorset, said that the decision “was highly important as we have bookings that can now go ahead”. The news reached him as he held lunch for his staff “to boost morale after the testing period of the pandemic”. Sponsored“Portugal needs this and the tourism industry will welcome Britons with open arms,” he said. But he added that the country, which has been hit hard by the virus, would ensure that UK visitors observe rules.

Source: The Times May 14, 2021 23:01 UTC