The Carnival of Loulé received, during the three days of corso, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, 80 thousand visitors.
«We are very satisfied and the balance is frankly positive. We had Avenida José da Costa Mealha full, in what was perhaps one of the best editions ever», says Vítor Aleixo, mayor of Loulé.
«And it's no wonder, it was two years without a parade and we all already missed it. But, along with the entertainment component, I would like to highlight the economic factor: this was a very important moment for the local economy, with visitors enjoying both catering, commerce, hotels and other businesses, leveraged in recent days by this event", he adds.
“Oh Zé… Have you seen Algarvensis?” was the theme that inspired the parade, also providing an opportunity to make known to the general public one of the projects in which the Municipality is currently involved: the candidacy for a UNESCO Geopark, in partnership with Albufeira and Silves.
The salamander from the Triassic period, 227 million years old, a unique paleontological find in the world and which is at the genesis of this candidacy, was in great prominence at the “Sambódromo Louletano” – in the cars, in the dolls, in the costumes and in the plots created by the groups.
The satire of political and social current affairs was once again one of the spices of the Loulé Carnival. The British tourists Rishi Sunak, Boris Johnson and Theresa May, the dinosaurs Lula da Silva and Jair Bolsonoro, or the bumblebee António Costa and his bees Marta Temido, Manuel Pizarro and Graça Freitas were some of the protagonists of the party. And even one of the targets of this satire, the current Minister of Health, made a point of highlighting, on his social networks, the quality of his doll in the Algarve parade.
The 10 entertainment groups representing the county's associations and collectivities, the samba schools with dancers with painted bodies, and more than 600 entertainers also made the party.
50% of ticket receipts, the value of which will be determined in the coming days, will go to the associations that paraded this year, with the remaining 50% going to social causes.
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