Portugal Introduces New Campaign to Attract Digital Nomads From Britain
According to a report by GlobeTrends, with a total of 35 million digital nomads in worldwide countries, searches for such a visa have increased by 376 per cent in the last two years, AtoZSerwisPlus.comreports.
Following such an increase, Cascais Tourism Board introduced a new campaign called “It Works for You,” together with DNA Cascais, calling on Britons interested in remote work to go to Portugal.
The same shows that about two-thirds of UK workers are considering moving to other countries in order to work remotely, due to the current situation caused by the spread of the Coronavirus, while the nomadic lifestyle is more appealing than before.
In this regard, the President of the Cascais Tourism Board, Bernardo Corrêa de Barros, has stressed, “We are delighted to launch our brand new digital nomad campaign and to be joining forces with DNA Cascais.”
“Supporting the desires and demands of our tourists is crucial, and we hope the campaign will inspire even more working professionals to consider Cascais as their next ‘workation’ and leisure setting,” he pointed out in this regard.
Authorities in Portugal are continuously attempting to attract a large number of internationals who choose to work remotely.
Previously, Ricardo Reyes from the consultancy Deloitte said that Portugal has to become a top destination to work and live, emphasising the benefits that the country offers for remote workers.
“Traditional differentiating factors associated with quality of life in general, the fiscal criterion also justifies this movement,” Reis pointed out, hinting at the context of the Non-Habitual Residents (NHR) regime.
Recently, authorities in Portugal announced that they decided to change its foreign law in order to ease immigration into the country after it is facing labour shortages in many sectors.
Authorities in Portugal also said that the country is facing a lack of workforce, particularly in the tourism industry, thus applying new amendments to the foreigner’s law.
Up to this point, several European countries offer such visas. AtoZSerwisPlus.com previously reported that the following European countries offer Digital Nomad Visas as well as freelance visas for internationals; Portugal, Spain, Germany, Greece, Croatia, Malta, Hungary, Estonia, Romania, and the Czech Republic.
