The Algarve is not one of the 20 European regions with the most overnight stays in 2014, according to data presented in a book by Eurostat this week, in the context of the 14th European Week of Regions and Cities, which took place in Brussels, and in which the Sul Informação participated.
Ranking of the 20 largest tourist regions in Europe
1st Canary Islands (Spain)
2nd le de France (France)
3rd Catalonia (Spain)
4th Jadranska Hrvatska (Croatia)
5th Balearic Islands (Spain)
6th Veneto (Italy)
7th London (United Kingdom)
8th Andalusia (Spain)
9th Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (France)
10th Rhône-Alpes (France)
11th Tuscany (Italy)
12th Valencian Community (Spain)
13th Emilia-Romagna (Italy)
14th Tyrol (Austria)
15th Lombardy (Italy)
16th Languedoc-Roussillon (France)
17th Oberbayern (Germany)
18th Aquitaine (France)
19th Lazio (Italy)
20th Berlin (Germany)
Despite being called the “Annual Book of Regions 2016 Eurostat”, the publication is based on data from previous years. Presented by Asa Önnerfors and Oliver Müller, data on overnight stays, both for people living in the country and for tourists, put the Canary Islands (Spain) in first place, with 94,3 million overnight stays, and Berlin in last place of top 20, with almost 30 million overnight stays booked.
Still, according to the same publication, the Algarve is the region of Portugal that received the most overnight stays in 2014. In total, it received 25.6% of overnight stays from Portuguese in the country and 37,4% of overnight stays from foreigners in Portugal.
According to a Algarve Tourism data, the Algarve received just over 16 million overnight stays in 2014, being thus still far from the top 20. they are numbers anyway below those achieved in 2015 and this year.
As for the structural funds, a topic that has also been on the agenda, there are already data on the application of Portugal 2020 in the region. 14% of the funds to be allocated to the Algarve have already been paid, according to a report by the Development and Cooperation Agency revealed on 30 June and available here.
In addition to the dissemination of these data, the European Week of City Regions had several workshops and lectures, which took place at the Committee of the Regions and the European Parliament.
Despite not being directly linked to the Algarve, the issue of Brexit was also the order of the day. European Union source revealed to Sul Informação that the objective, in terms of tourism, is that “flows do not decrease”.
One of the highlights of this European Week of Regions and Cities was the «Regiostars 2016» award given to Centro Bio, in Aveiro, in the category «Sustainable Growth: Circular Economy». This project is based on bioindustry, biorefineries and bioproducts.
For now, the awarded project is only outlined for the Centro region, but the president of the CCDR Centro Ana Abrunhosa confessed that this is a project “that can be extended to other regions”.
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Photos: Pedro Lemos | Sul Informação
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