The International Association of Golf Tours Operators (IAGTO) has selected the Algarve as the best golf destination of 2006, in front of other regions such as California, Dubai or Andalucía (Spain).

According to the Algarve Tourism Region (RTA), the distinction «Established Golf Destination of the Year 2006» was announced during the IAGTO Award Gala Dinner at Las Palmas (Spain).

LUSORT HAS recently announced its planned investment of 750 million euros for Vilamoura, representing a major project that will include residential property, hotels and tourist accommodation, as well as significant shopping and business areas.

COMMANDANT ANTÓNIO Nunes again welcomed Ludwig Schaefer, chief of the fire brigade in Malgerdorf, Germany, who has become a loyal friend of the Silves Bombeiros.

A LETTER has been sent to the President of the Republic, Jorge Sampaio, by the Associação dos Hotéis e Empreendimentos Turísticos do Algarve (AHETA), the Algarve hotels and resorts association, calling his attention to the problems that are affecting tourism in the region. The letter is timely, since the presidential theme, which runs until the end of this week, is ‘Tourism’.

DEVELOPERS OF the new Ferragudo Marina want to increase the project to cover all the areas on that bank of the River Arade. According to a report in Portuguese newspaper Barlavento, they believe that the abandoned land, which is currently full of rubbish, should be used to create parks and leisure areas, making the zone surrounding the marina and Pavilhão do Arade (congress centre) more attractive.