More good news from the Algarve hoteliers as their association reports an occupancy rate of 81% in September, 1.7% up on last year.
The main rise was from the Germans, up 1.8% and from the Portuguese, up nearly 1% despite the deep recession cutting into family holiday budgets.
Surprisingly the number of Britons holidaying in the region dropped, yes, dropped, showing a distinct lack of committment to their southern amigos.
Portimão and Praia da Rocha were up 4.7%, Tavira was up 3.9% and Monte Gordo with Vila Real de Santo António was up 2.8% .
Monte Gordo and Vila Real de Santo António had an 88% rate of occupancy, the highest in the region, with Carvoeiro and Armação de Pêra the lowest at 74.5%.
On the cash front there was good news for once, overall invoiced income in the sector increased by 3.5% compared with September 2013.
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Guiness memorably tried to combine a fish with a bicyle some years ago and it went no where. The only result a screensaver.
Mother in law will also be aware that, if her British daughter, no offspring will be accepted in Portugal. The Portuguese are far too racist.
And when Miguel is planning a visit to his in-laws - repeatedly telling everyone he is going 'Back to the Future', he just loses his Portuguese mates.
Mother in law is also twitchy that Senor Towelia is a a 'McCann hater' and has been using his partners name to troll. So the British Police will be coming for her.
Being British though she is too polite to spell it out.
Oh, and stop hanging round fish and chip shops.
To break this endless cycle of any Portuguese in Portugal growing up imagining some sort of 'parity' with the UK.
Adhemar : You have been weighed, you have been measured, and you have been found wanting. In what world could you possibly beat me?
A Knight's Tale (2001)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183790/quotes
Knowing well that all Portuguese have this inferiority complex - what possible context did Magueijo have ?
The EU is for countries that want to develop ....and improve !
Who can believe in a country that 'IMAGINED' a 1974 revolution that allegedly started the new Portugal .... Yet ... well actually - nothing happened ! No fundamental changes.
Even the military involved now doubt they changed anything for the better !
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/20/who-said-britons-were-drunk-dirty-and-deplorable-joao-magueijo-portuguese-writer
“I never met such a group of animals,” Magueijo concludes. “The English are unrestrained wild beasts and totally out of control.”
Bravo ! João Magueijo and your Bifes Mal Passados finally lifted the veil on the totally sham friendship the Portuguese supposedly have for the British.
Hopefully the thousands of British who have failed here in Portugal through endemic cheating and dishonesty have each told ten other Brits not to waste their lives, time and money here in Portugal.
The Portuguese are not sufficiently developed as a society to have any concept of 'shabby tactics' so reasoning with them gets no where.. But a hit to their pockets will get noted.
Now just to find this Magueijo ... apparently he is expecting violence from us and in hiding. So cannot moan when he gets it.