According to the estimates of the Economist Intelligence Unit, Portugal holds 1.5% of the world tourism market quota and was the 16th most visited country last year. They also refer that tourism represents 8% of employment and 7% of the Portuguese Gross Domestic Product (GDP). [+]

Joao Lagos, the entrepreneur who secured the rights to organise next years departure of this contest in Portugal, has announced that the Dakar rally, considered the most important all road contest in the world will depart from Lisbon on the 1st of January 2006. [+]

Finnair innaugurated its Helsinki/ Ponta Delgada route with a weekly flight scheduled until the end of 2005.

The aircraft for this route is a Boeing 757-200 with a 228 seat capacity. [+]

Rock in Rio 2006 has been scheduled for the 27th and 28th of May, and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th of June. Once again the Rock in Rio Lisbon Edition will take place at the Parque the Bela Vista, a venue that is now known as Lisbon’s “City of Rock.” [+]

On the 16th edition of the Estoril Open, the Argentinian Gaston Gaudio, Roland Garros Champion, returns to Portugal with a new ranking. [+]

The IV edition of the Atlantic Festival, an event that comprises the International Pyrotechnics and Music Contest and the Madeira Music Festival, will take place throughout June in Funchal. [+]

During the Easter period, from the 18th of March to the 10th of April, TAP will reinforce its operations from Lisbon and Porto to Terceira and Horta in the Azores, and also to Funchal and to Paris.
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The 3rd Edition of Arte Estoril (Estoril Art) opens on the 14th of April at the Centro de Congressos do Estoril. A selection of Portuguese and Spanish galleries will be present along with several Iberian-American artists. [+]