Portugal opens non-essential flights with the UK 5500 British tourists will arrive in the Algarve, Portugal

Local time on May 17 is the first day of Portugal’s opening of non-essential flights with the Uk, according to Portuguese media, 5,500 British tourists will arrive in the Algarve, Portugal, the local tourist association will provide a welcome package for these tourists. But local merchants complain that the 22.30pm suspension will prevent them from receiving visitors.

Bookings on flights are reported to have soared by 30 to 40 per cent as Portugal and the UK moved in.