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

The father of the Via Algarviana João Ministro didn't start the Via Algarviana but he has worked on it from the beginning and knows it really well. Through his company Proactive Tur he has made a tremendous impact on sustainable tourism and ecotourism in the Algarve. Nick sat down with him in his Loulé office and discussed a huge range of issues.  Ecotourism in the Algarve show notes ProActiveTur started in Querença and has since moved to Loulé. João was born in Loulé, studied Environmental Engineering at the University of the Algarve and was naturally drawn to ecotourism. He worked for a public institution in Setúbal and around the beautiful Sado Estuary. He returned to work in Almargem. We discuss the changes in the Algarve over the last 30 years and the interior has changed radically with urbanisation fuelling a migration to the larger towns and cities. He has always worked with nature, growing up on his fathers farm, so it was a natural move to continue in this area in his career. Sustainable development.