In a press release, the organisation promoting this platform, in conjunction with Turismo de Portugal, defends the added value of the Portugal Health Passport in revitalising the tourism sector and the importance of health as a part of the Turismo 2027 strategy, which may represent an annual turnover of more than €100 million.

“Clinical practice in Portugal is already an international reference among peers. This is the time for this perception to also be transmitted to the population. The response we gave at the peak of the pandemic gave us international prominence, which guarantees security to those who visit us”, said the executive director of Health Cluster Portugal, Joaquim Cunha.

Tourists can request the document through the website www.portugalhealthpassport.com, which includes the possible testing of the new coronavirus, as well as access - at previously fixed prices - to health care and ‘check-ups’ of five types in the network of hospitals and clinics at CUF, Hospital da Luz, HPA Saúde and Lusíadas.

For the president of Turismo de Portugal, Luís Araújo, this initiative is synonymous with the reinforcement of “a tourist offer that complies with strict hygiene and sanitary control protocols “Clean & Safe” and that, in addition, presents an offer of medical and hospital services of high quality”, thus contributing to “restoring the confidence of tourists and boosting the recovery of the sector”.