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Calm returns to Albufeira with bar owners calling for more visible policing

mattsbarThe president of the Algarve regional tourist board and former mayor of Albufeira, Desidério Silva, is powerless to prevent the sort of group booking that caused so much trouble and negative publicity last Sunday night in Albufeira as police cleared The Strip amid violent outbreaks.

Silva has asked for care to be taken in the sale of these sorts of low-price bulk bookings after around 1,000 young tourists from the UK arrived at Clube Praia da Oura resort as part of the ‘Invade Portugal’ five-day festival that promoted alcohol, events, entertainment and the chance to get laid.

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