The island of Madeira, because of its privileged geographical position and mountainous relief, have a surprisingly mild climate.Very mild average temperatures, 25ºC in the summer and 17ºC in the winter, and a moderate level of humidity, confer upon this island exceptional subtropical features.
The seawater temperature is also very mild, because of the influence of the warm Gulf current, presenting averages of 22ºC in the summer and 18º in the winter.
Destination Madeira is joining in the celebrations of World Tourism Day, dedicated this year to the World Tourism Organisation’s theme: “Tourism and the Digital Transformation”.
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Integrated in the Madeira Nature Festival with the purpose of promoting and encourage participants to develop creativity in photography, the Regional Secretariat for Culture, Tourism and Transport and the Madeira Tourism Board promotes, since 2011, the photography contest “ Celebrating Nature”.
Aiming to promote Madeira internationally, positioning it as an active holiday destination of excellence, blessed by an inimitable natural beauty, Madeira Tourism is conducting another advertising campaign in various Eurosport spots: on TV, on the internet and on mobile phones, whose platform has a daily reach of about 26.5 million viewers and users.
Finnish airline Finnair has announced that, from April 27th 2015, will start running a regular flight to Madeira, but did not specify the airport of origin.
The Regional Secretary for Culture, Tourism and Transport presented the project for the new city's downtown Christmas lights, a work by the architect Paulo David.
The biggest hotel search engine in the world, Trivago, revealed in their analysis for 2014 the trends that have contributed to the reputation of Portugal throughout the world.
The 'giant waves' surfer, Garrett McNamara, stars in seven episodes filmed from the north to the south of the country to promote tourism in Portugal and make the best waves known.
