The first edition of the International Workshop of Religious Tourism - "Religious Tourism: New Audiences, New Challenges" held on November 2, 2012, was a unique moment to gather about 50 tour operators from major tourist markets for Portugal, in the context of the Religious Tourism in Fatima.
Hosted Buyers
Bearing the aims of the event in mind, hosted buyers from major source markets of tourists to Portugal were invited. The following numbers were achieved:
Country of origin | Nº of buyers |
Brazil | 7 |
Spain | 2 |
France | 1 |
Ireland | 3 |
Italy | 9 |
Mexico | 9 |
Poland | 11 |
Sweden | 2 |
The United Kingdom | 1 |
The United States | 5 |
Total | 50 |
National trade participants
As for the national trade, there was the presence of 64 companies, including travel agencies, hotels, tour operators, museums and institutional customers from all over the country:
Activity | Nº of entities | Nº of participants |
DMC / AV / TO | 22 | 29 |
Hotels | 32 | 51 |
Institutional | 8 | 9 |
Museum | 2 | 4 |
Total | 64 | 93 |