Steering a tourism destination through one of the worst economic depressions in living memory would seem a thankless task, but Frederico Costa, executive director of Turismo de Portugal, otherwise known as the Portuguese Tourist Board, was a picture of placidity when Portugal Life & Travel magazine caught up with him in his Lisbon office recently.



And there’s method to his relaxed demeanour because, as anyone travelling around the country today will tell you, Portugal is .....