Africa-Press – Cape verde. Cape Verde is a phenomenon in terms of success,” said the CEO of Solférias, a Portuguese wholesale tour operator, in an interview with Turisver. According to Nuno Mateus, “Cape Verde has always been the number one destination”, with Senegal and Disneyland Paris in second and third places, respectively.
“Cape Verde is a country that has its difficulties, but it has fantastic natural conditions and the rulers were very smart in managing the pandemic”, he considered.
After the reopening, he said, the company even flew with six charters to Cape Verde, which “had never happened”.
“Everything was very well done in terms of the measures against Covid, the vaccination certificate was fulfilled, and this helped the success. There were many destinations that required PCR and a destination that requires PCR doesn’t have much chance of success, although there may be exceptions,” he explained.
When most European countries dropped PCR and switched to antigen, he added, Cape Verde followed suit and when Portugal started to require only the vaccination certificate, Cape Verde did the same. “As the rules were exactly the same as the Portuguese ones, there was very positive marketing from tourists.”
Top destination in 2021
This strategy, he said, made Cape Verde a top destination in 2021.
“In 2022 we are at exactly the same level. This summer, for the first time, there will be five charters and we just don’t place more because we have problems with slots at Lisbon airport”, Nuno Mateus said.
Within Solférias, he guaranteed, Cape Verde was always the number one destination, with the difference that, when Solférias started, it had a share of 85%, today it has a share of 30%.
“Cape Verde is a very strong destination in Portugal and is clearly one of Solférias’ great specializations”, he concluded.
Cape Verde, Senegal and Disneyland Paris form, in the same order, the Top 3 destinations of Solférias in 2022.
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