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Ricardo Rio is a Portuguese economist and politician, currently serving as the Mayor of Braga. He became Mayor in the 2013 local elections and won in 2017 a second term with 53% of the votes. He is currently President of the Board of the cross-border association of municipalities “Eixo Atlântico do Noroeste Peninsular”, President of the Executive Council of the Intermunicipal Community of Cávado and chairs the Boards of Directors of Municipal Companies Theatro Circo and InvestBraga. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Parliament of Mayors, a member of the Committee of the Regions of the EUROCITIES network and a member of the board of ATP (Porto Tourism Association). He has been shortlisted for the 2021 World Mayor Prize.

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26 May 2021

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GreenFest where Sustainability is the word

Over the next weekend, Braga will host another edition of one of the biggest sustainability events in Portugal: GreenFest. This year’s edition will be a hybrid, […]

26 May 2021

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Belgian Government plans to give greater clarity on travel by June 4th

Initially due to meet again this Friday in order to announce the next the next steps regarding coronavirus measures, the consultative committee in Belgium has decided […]

25 May 2021

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Moody’s says countries that rely on tourism will take another two years to recover

According to credit rating agency Moody’s, it will take two years for the tourism industry to recover, meaning economies which rely on the industry will remain […]

25 May 2021

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How can travel and tourism help protect our oceans?

I’ve always been a lover of the sea, be it for the pleasure of swimming in it or being close by. Let’s face it there are […]

25 May 2021

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Paris to ban as much traffic from the center as possible

Auto tourism has been around for a long while now. Since men invented the car, people have been roaming the world from the comfort of their […]

24 May 2021

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Spain to allow entry to all vaccinated visitors from 7 June

Spain will allow anyone who has been vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter its territory as of June 7, regardless of their country of origin, announced the […]

24 May 2021

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All glaciers in Germany will melt away within ten years

Despite what some might say, global warming is real. And its consequences can be seen all over the planet. Species are getting extinct, weather conditions are […]

24 May 2021

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Ryanair wins as EU court overturns KLM and TAP state aid

The General Court of the European Union has upheld a Ryanair challenge to billions of euros in state aid given to KLM and TAP Air Portugal, overturning European Commission decisions. […]

24 May 2021

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World’s largest iceberg breaks off from Antarctica

An enormous iceberg has calved from the western side of the Ronne Ice Shelf, lying in the Weddell Sea, in Antarctica announced the European Space Agency […]

24 May 2021

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Brussels government has approved Visit Brussels’ €7.6 million tourism relaunch plan

Visit Brussels’ will have €7.6 million to relaunch the travel and tourism industry. This plan is the result of an intensive consultation with 200 partners from […]

24 May 2021

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Dutch designer creates biodegradable masks with flower seeds inside

Dutch designer Marianne de Groot-Pons was fed up with finding blue surgical masks in the streets, polluting the environment, and has created a brand of biodegradable […]

21 May 2021

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Half a million jobs could be lost in the UK this summer

Up to half a million jobs could be lost in the UK Travel & Tourism sector if the government fails to significantly reopen international travel as […]

21 May 2021

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Travel to break free from your happiness trap!

Break free from your happiness trap! This week I had the opportunity to speak at the Accessible & Inclusive Tourism conference in the Asia Pacific (AITCAP) […]

21 May 2021

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EU reaches agreement on its Digital Covid Certificate

The European Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Regulation governing the EU Digital Covid Certificate. This means that the […]

20 May 2021

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Lost village emerges from a lake in northern Italy

The bell tower in the middle of Lago di Resia is all that remains of Curon, a mountain village in the Val Venosta valley of the […]

20 May 2021

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EU wishes to ease travel restrictions from non-EU countries

The 27 Members States of the European Union want to relax travel restrictions for people coming from non-EU countries who are fully vaccinated as well as […]

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