The Algarve Tourism Bureau - Projects

Member of The Algarve Tourism Bureau

The Algarve Tourism Bureau (Associação Turismo do Algarve) is a legal entity under private law, that operates as a non-profit-making association with the following aims:

To promote and divulge the Algarve as a tourist destination and highlight regional products by carrying out studies, and planning and developing specific events on external markets;
To liaise with public and private entities with a view to defining policies, objectives and strategies to promote tourism in the Algarve overseas.

To follow is a list of some of the activities undertaken by the ATA as a means of promoting the Algarve on overseas markets:

Participation in the sector’s main international fairs (eg. Fitur, ITB, WTM, Vakantiebuers and IGTM, in addition to other international events aimed at specific tourism products)
Organisation and support for tour operator and travel agency familiarisation trips
Organisation of educational visits for the international press
Organisation of roadshows on strategic markets
Organisation of workshops with the travel trade in the Algarve, taking advantage of the presence of overseas trade professionals visiting the destination
Support for overseas trade professionals, by means of hard-sell campaigns
Development of Advertising Campaigns for overseas markets using a variety of supports (TV, press, internet, outdoors, buses, taxis, muppies, etc…)
Support for airlines setting up new routes into Faro Airport
Support for international events of major importance to the tourism industry and offering opportunities for media coverage for the Algarve