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Cruise Tourism Pushed €940 Million Into the Portuguese Economy in 2025 — CLIA's Numbers Show 9,800 Jobs, an €174 Million Buy-Local Bill, and Eight New Multifuel Ships Sailing in 2026

Cruise Tourism Pushed €940 Million Into the Portuguese Economy in 2025 — CLIA's Numbers Show 9,800 Jobs, an €174 Million Buy-Local Bill, and Eight New Multifuel Ships Sailing in 2026

CLIA's 2026 State of the Cruise Industry report puts Portugal at €940M in cruise-driven economic activity for 2025 — €410M GDP, 9,800 jobs, €174M cruise-line on-shore spend, and 80,000 Portuguese passengers (+7.3%). Eight new multifuel ships enter service in 2026 on $6.6B of capex.
The Portugal Brief
APA Pledges €111 Million to Rebuild a Coast Stripped of 20 Metres by Five Winter Storms — One Million Cubic Metres of Tagus Sand Now Pouring Onto Costa da Caparica Ahead of 1 June

APA Pledges €111 Million to Rebuild a Coast Stripped of 20 Metres by Five Winter Storms — One Million Cubic Metres of Tagus Sand Now Pouring Onto Costa da Caparica Ahead of 1 June

APA is dredging one million cubic metres of sand from the Tagus onto Costa da Caparica between now and June — part of a €111M coastal recovery programme covering damage from Storms Ingrid, Joseph, Kristin, Leonardo and Marta. Some stretches lost 20 metres of beach. Bathing season opens 1 June.
The Portugal Brief