Algarve Addicts: A Thriving Community Of Healthy, Outdoor People Connected By The Algarve, Portugal.

Show notes 100% Algarvian, born in Loule and raised in Albufeira. Shopping trips to Ayamonte in Spain. Dreams of Archaeology, History and Architecture all led to a University degree in Lisbon. Her love of the Algarve brought her to a job in tourism as a Duty Manager at a hotel in Albufeira, helping the clients. Albufeira Tourism Board: familiarization trips, roadshows, workshops and promotion which she realized she really loved. Desiderio Silva (current President of the Algarve Tourism) invited Dora to come over as his chief of staff, writing speeches and controlling his agenda. We discuss the difference between the Regional Tourism Board and the Algarve Tourism Association. The board helps visitors to the Algarve with Information Offices in each city, they manage a calendar of events and promote the Algarve. The Association on the other hand, works with airlines to ensure a constant availability of flights for people wishing to travel to the Algarve, organize press trips, familiarization trips, and segment t