Norte golf courses to see investment

Tuesday, 20 April 2010 00:00

Private and public investors have unveiled a 'Minho IN' plan designed to invest €400 million through to 2015 on developing a network of golf courses and other developments for the Minho region (Norte).  The first stage of Minho IN will be €13 million. The development involves three regional governments, 24 local governments and 400 private developers who seek to update an image of the region and build it into a competitive tourist destination.  The consortium brings together the Inter-municipal communities of Minho-Lima (CIM), Ave and Cávado and tourism development associations for these regions together with Entidade Regional de Turismo Porto - Norte de Portugal, the Regional North of the Portugal Tourism Board.  According to Rui Solheiro who heads up the CIM: “most of the projects – some 80% – are in the tourism sector and include restaurants, hotels and golf and will be developed in a sustainable manner by public private partnerships.”  Source:  portugaloffer.com