It was 16 personalities and institutions that have been honored that have affirmed Tourism in Portugal in the areas from the accessibility to the hotel, local accommodation, catering, tourism animation, accessible tourism, building destinations and permanent innovation.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Altis Hotels, Raul Martins was one of the distinguished personalities of the Government with a Gold Merit Tourist Merit medal, for his more than 40 years of connection to the sector, both as an entrepreneur and in recognition of his associative work developed at AHP and other associations on behalf of AHP.
This initiative took place in the Ministry of Economy and marked the beginning of the celebrations in Portugal of the World Tourism Day to distinguish individuals and institutions, national or foreign, that contributed in a relevant way to the development of national tourism and to the recognition of Portugal as a tourist destination.