Portugal has been voted "Best Tourist Destination in Europe" for the fifth time in a row at the World Travel Awards 2022, also known as the "Oscars for tourism".
This European country won the prize in the European edition of the World Travel Awards for this year, along with a total of 30 other awards, according to SchengenVisaInfo.com.
"The elections result from the votes of thousands of professionals in this sector, who come from all over the world. This year, Portugal won another 30 awards, among the best destinations, regions and products and services", the Ministry of Economy and Services emphasized in a statement.
According to Portuguese news reports, these destinations also received high ratings:
Azores, the main destination for adventure tourism in Europe.
Algarve, the main destination in Europe for beach holidays.
Lisbon, Europe's leading city break destination, Europe's leading cruise destination and Europe's leading seaside metropolis.
Porto, the main destination for the best city in Europe.
In this context, the Secretary of State for Trade and Tourism Services, Rita Marques, said that the excellent results in many of the categories of the European edition of the World Travel Awards 2022 takes on even more special importance after the difficulties caused by the coronavirus and variants of his new
Minister Marques emphasized that it is a great pride that the country is seeing that companies, professionals and national tourism entities are being appreciated by their peers at the international level.
"All operators in this sector are to be congratulated for meeting this challenge, which reaffirms Portugal as the perfect tourist destination, whatever the circumstances," says Secretary of State for Tourism, Trade and Services, Rita Marques.
“Çmimet Oscar të turizmit” kanë filluar të ndahen që në vitin 1993 nga profesionistë të angazhuar në sektorin e turizmit, të cilët vlerësojnë punën e zhvilluar në këtë sektor për të ndihmuar në përmirësimin e industrisë së turizmit dhe për të nxitur konkurrencën, ashtu si dhe cilësinë e këtij sektori.
Portugalia është ndër destinacionet më të preferuara të udhëtimit në Europë, pasi ka hapur dyert e saj për shumë vizitorë ndërkombëtarë.

Përhapja e koronavirusit bëri që autoritetet në këtë vend të vendosnin rregulla të rrepta për hyrjen e të huajve, duke ndjekur shembullin e vendeve të tjera në mbarë botën, si pjesë e përpjekjeve për të frenuar përhapjen e mëtejshme të virusit. Megjithatë, me lehtësimin e këtyre kufizimeve, Portugalia ka mirëpritur një numër të madh turistësh.
Figures previously provided by the National Institute of Statistics revealed that during the month of July alone, Portugal set a record high for tourists, welcoming over 1.8 million visitors who were accommodated in various locations across Portugal.
July's figures were higher than those recorded before the spread of the virus.