TAP LUSA told that he is still confident of the success of the United States (United States) roads, while UNITED Airlines has referred services in Portugal in line with expectations.
According to tourism economics data, international tourism of the United States is expected to decrease by 9.4 % by 2025 due to the aggressive Donald Trump administration policies on the border, a total reflection of the expectation of the previous 9 % growth.
However, TAP, who was interrogated by LUSA, who has one of its early markets, said it is still “confident of the success of the” country “roads and the best evidence of this confidence is that it will start in the next three months, and three new roads, which are Lisbon/Los Angeles, Porto/Boston and Terrara/SãO.
With these new roads, TAP will reach a historic record of 101 flights per week to North America (USA and Canada).
“We have a team in the United States of America in contact with travel agencies, and to have constantly obtaining information about travel trends,” the airline indicated.
“Long international courses are still strong” and that the company’s services in Portugal “perform in line with expectations.
Losa asked about the American embassy in Portugal about whether she was receiving complaints and/or aspects of concern regarding the difficulties of Portuguese citizens to enter the United States, which she said was not aware of any complaint or problem.
“The rules have not changed, every possible traveler is subject to the United States to strict constitutional security verification,” said Mary Blancard, a spokeswoman for the American embassy in Portugal.
The data issued by the tourism economy reflects the change of the border authorities ’approach to tourists who have temporary visas, from the longest interrogation and the smartphone magazine to cancel the income, detention and deportation summary.
According to the head of the tourism economy, Adam Sachs was news from various European tourists who searched and arrested at the entrance to the United States a major impact on the plans of international travelers.
On March 28, Portugal joined the list of countries that updated the recommendations, with specific warnings about sexual identity and the fact that the visa does not give an automatic entry.
Today, the CEO of Air France-KLM Benjamin Smith American TV broadcaster CNBC that Franco-Nerlandic has noticed a “slight slowdown” in tracking sales between Europe and the United States, to places in the economic class, although levels go back to usually when the prices reduce a little.
The results of the airline related to the first quarter of the year will be issued on April 30, when the need to make some modification is evaluated.
In Portugal, American tourists contributed to the growth of the sector, and last year, 5.1 million were not residents of Portugal from tourists from the United States, which represents a growth of 12 % compared to 2023 and about 9 % of the total, which exceeded 56 million (+4.7 %), according to IA data.
American tourists spending increased by 11.6 % to 279 million euros in 2024, after ranked fourth in those who spend more than others, outperformed the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
