Portugal is among the top ten countries in the world that attracts the most millionaires.

Portugal was elected, for the fourth consecutive year, the Best Destination in Europe in the 2020 edition of the ‘World Travel Awards’, the ‘Oscars of Tourism’, a distinction awarded by professionals in the sector whose ceremony, this year, took place in virtual format. The city of Porto won the award for Best Destination ‘City Break’ (short trips) in Europe. Lisbon took the award for Best European Cruise Destination and the Algarve was again the Best Beach Destination in Europe and Madeira archipelago the best island destination in Europe. In total, Portugal received 21 awards in the tourism sector, in the various categories.

A new style of driving licence has been launched in Portugal, featuring an innovative design and an improvement to security validation. This design has resulted in combining offset and screen printing techniques, creating a more harmonious visual aspect of the background with anti-copy motifs - guilloches, microtexts and lines of variable thickness - which cannot be reproduced by conventional means.

Portugal is the 7th most peaceful country in the world, having dropped one position compared to the previous year while maintaining 5th position among European countries, by the Global Peace Index 2024

In response to the Algarve's drought, Lagoa's municipality implemented general measures to reduce & rationalize water use from 02/29/2024. Please be aware how and where it is expressly prohibited to use water.