It is worrying news for the North of Portugal and worrying for the whole country. We deeply regret this position of the English government and hope that it will be quickly rectified. They did not take into account essential questions to assess the situation, afirmou, really angry, the president of Turismo do Porto and Northern Portugal (TPNP) following Portugal being excluded from the UK's “international travel corridors”.
To Luís Pedro Martins, UK authorities did not accurately identify where the locations are outbreaks that have emerged in Portugal because, if they had done so they would realize that they are not in the holiday destinations normally sought by the English. remembering that
Luís Pedro Martins stresses that he hopes that the Portuguese Government will be able to reverse the possible situation and explains that TPNP is aligned with the Secretary of State for Tourism and with Turismo de Portugal.
We are working on looking for alternative markets, European markets. We are reinforcing what we were already doing with France, Germany and also the Netherlands, said the President of TPNP.
According to Luís Pedro Martins recalls the work that was already being done, que has already been reflected in the routes that the Porto airport had managed to attract to the North, namely with Ryanair, Lufthansa, Swing e da easyJet, entre outras.
It is not understood and generates much irritation and unease. There are countries, on the UK list, who have bigger problems than ours, alert Luís Pedro Martins.
