Article: Portugal tourism goes upscale.

Portugal's tourism sector - vital for the country's economy - is picking up after a disappointing 1993. Figures for 1994 show an increase in tourists of around 9 percent, following a drop of 5 percent in the preceding year. The number of visitors from the United States was up by almost 4 percent.

In fact, tourism is the first sector in the country to come out of the recession. Portugal tends to lag behind the rest of the European Union in terms of economic cycles, so as these countries recover, their vacationers can once again afford to travel abroad - and Portugal is benefiting.

Several other factors contributed toward last year's improved performance. They ...

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