The year 2016 was indeed fantastic for Portugal that once again was voted the best golf and beach destination in Europe and the best place in the world to live the retirement.
In addition to the development of tourism, the interest in Portuguese real estate has been reinforced by the very attractive tax regime offered to non-habitual residents.
Google, published the list of the most searched subjects on the internet and in the category of locations Portugal was highlighted: it was the third most sought after destination in the world, behind France, the first, and Orlando (Florida), the second.
A year of research is a lot of research and allow to find out a lot about the world and the preferred destinations of Internet users.
The peak of research in Portugal was in the week between 10 to 16 of July. During this week, Portugal was the most researched destination in the world, ahead of Angola, Mozambique, Switzerland and France, who made the top 5.
And the most searched Portuguese city? Lagos, Algarve.
Amond the 23 destinations that are within the most searched on Google are cities like Havana, Cuba, Baghdad, Iraq, Oaxaca, Mexico, or Istanbul, Turkey.