LISBON (Reuters) - Almost 140,000 visitors from the United States brought the number of foreign tourists in Portugal to a record high last November, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Monday.
Overall, 1.1 million foreigners travelled to Portugal in November, a record number for that month.
Spaniards and Britons came second and third, with 131,000 and 124,000 travellers respectively, INE said in its monthly report.
The number of U.S. tourists has grown significantly in recent years as they increasingly find the southern European country cheap, sunny and safe.
Tourism, a key driver of Portugal's economy, accounted for almost 15% of gross domestic product before the pandemic.
Persons:
Patrícia Vicente Rua, Inti Landauro, Alex Richardson
Organizations:
National Statistics Institute, Britons
Locations:
LISBON, United States, Portugal, Tourism