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Portugal fixes sights on becoming world top 10 destination within next three years

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James Chapple
13 November 2025

Portugal is readying a new 10-year tourism plan, one it hopes will strike a better balance between the needs of residents and tourists and propel the country into the world’s top 10 destinations, something it believes it can achieve in the next three years.

Portugal will be looking to further develop its Alentejo region for tourism
(Credit: Visit Portugal / Turismo Alentejo)

Portugal will be looking to further develop its Alentejo region for tourism (Credit: Visit Portugal / Turismo Alentejo)

Speaking to TTG at WTM London, Visit Portugal president Carlos Abade said the plan was built around several key pillars such as spreading tourism around the country more evenly, reducing seasonality, and forging better ties between tourism and Portugal's key industries – such as winemaking.

In addition, Abade said Portugal was looking to create better pathways into tourism, particularly for migrants to the country, and would be redoubling its efforts to train a new generation of travel and tourism workers.