U.S. visitors push Portugal's foreign tourism to record in November

Pierre from Belgium, jumps into the Atlantic Ocean at Jardim do Mar on the Portuguese island of Madeira, Portugal October 7, 2023. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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.