With no Brits, cash-strapped Algarve fights for survival

A couple is seen next to empty hammocks during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in downtown Albufeira, Portugal July 20, 2020. Picture taken July 20, 2020. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante

VILAMOURA, Portugal (Reuters) - In his near-empty pub in the Algarve in southern Portugal, Samuel Tilley is fuming that coronavirus regulations in his home country Britain are keeping tourists away, further jeopardizing an already gloomy summer season.

Usually packed with tourists at this time of the year, Vilamoura is quiet, leaving bar staff at Tilley's O'Neills pub without much to do but brood over Britain's decision to leave Portugal off a list of more than 50 countries safe enough for travel without restrictions.