Presentation of the Study - Profile of the Portuguese Tourist in the Algarve

On Wednesday, 22nd January I travelled to Portugal to attend the public presentation of a study that I have been involved in. The study looked at the profile of the Portuguese Tourist in the Algarve. It was commissioned by the Algarve Tourism Board to the Faculty of Economics, Algarve University. Dr. Antónia Correia, with whom I team up frequently, is the lead coordinator of the study.
The study involved surveying nearly 3000 Portuguese tourists in the Algarve and was undertaken in three different seasons: Easter, Summer and New Years Eve (our interviewers finished data collection by 9.30pm on the 31st December!).
The session took place during the Lisbon Travel Exhibition (21-25 January). Although the room had only 130 capacity, there were around 150 attendees. The attendees' reaction was very positive and we are encouraged by their feedback.
The final report should be ready in March and we are now planning to write a few papers out of this research. The Algarve Tourism Board has published the preliminary results (an executive summary and powerpoint presentation, both in Portuguese) and you can find them here.
I will keep you posted of any developments