Pedro Costa Ferreira, president of APAVT – the Portuguese Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies, explains the impact of the conflict in the Middle East on the tourism sector. “Everything depends on the moment the war ends.” Pedro Costa Ferreira guarantees that all Portuguese citizens who were stranded in the East have already been repatriated, as travel agencies have that legal obligation.
There is one thing making the act of travelling worse: "uncertainty"
Thursday, 19 March 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
Repatriation is the return of people to their country of origin, which can be voluntary or carried out by state authorities. In migration policy it usually refers to deportations or organised returns of irregular migrants under legal procedures or assisted-return schemes, and it directly affects migrants, asylum seekers and the organisations that support them.
