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Portugal: Emergency plan for homeless in Braga
According to local media reports, due to the northern weather forecast, the northern Portuguese city of Braga launched a contingency plan for the homeless on Saturday. The City of Braga stated that the homeless will benefit from the Emergency Housing Center (CAE) and the Population Concentration and Support Zone (ZCAP) due to the […]
Read MoreItaly: Worst year for tourism in four decades
Assoturismo and Confesercenti said that 2020 is the worst year for the Italian tourism industry since 1969. They affirmed that the COVID crisis wiped out 240 million tourists, a 55% reduction. The hotel industry was hit hard, with consumer spending losses of about 50 billion euros. According to the report, the […]
Read MoreMayor: Athens to become attractive for investors
The Mayor of Athens, Kostas Bakoyannis, said at an online conference organized by the Greek Tourism Federation (SETE) and Marketing Greece to make Athens an attractive place for investors, tourists and residents. Speaking of the lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic, Bakoyannis affirmed that adaptability is the key to moving forward and mentioned the […]
Read MoreCovid-19: Grave Effects on Tourism Industry in Portugal
Rita Marques, Minister of Tourism of Portugal, told a national newspaper that Portugal’s tourism industry has been regressed for 10 years due to the Covid-19 pandemic. An interview by Expresso showed that Portugal’s tourism industry has lost a huge amount of 7.7 billion euros in revenue. In terms of capital income, the country has […]
Read MorePfizer COVID vaccine arrived in Italy
The new Pfizer COVID vaccine arrived in Italy on Wednesday. Nine DHL aircraft delivered the first 470,000 vaccine doses to Milan Malpensa, Bergamo Orio al Serio, Ancona Falconara, Bologna, Rome Ciampino, Naples, Pisa, Venice and Bari airports . The police will accompany the refrigerated truck to transport the vials to 203 management points […]
Read MoreMurcia: 2020 may be second hottest year on record
There are still nearly two weeks to 2020, but the national meteorological agency Aemet has predicted that the end of the year will be the second hottest year in Murcia since the first comparable record was compiled 80 years ago. During the year, the average temperature in the area was 17.5 degrees, which was […]
Read MoreItaly: Occupancy rate hotels falls in 9 months
ISTAT said on Tuesday that due to COVID-19, the occupancy rate of tourist hotels in Italy from January to September was halved compared to the same period last year. According to the Bureau of Statistics, this number is 50.9% lower than in 2019, and a drop of nearly 192 million. It said that this […]
Read MoreBarcelona public transport fares to be frozen in 2021
As the Metropolitan Transport Agency (ATM) announced on Monday, public transport fares in the Barcelona area will be frozen in 2021. The agency’s board of directors also agreed to extend the validity period of tickets sold this year to December 31, 2021. T-Usual and T-Casual were launched this year, and new tickets in a […]
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