The Portuguese Military Tourism Association - ATMPT is a non-profit, cultural and national private association, currently based in the city of Tomar, founded and publicly presented in August 2015, in partnership with the Ministry of National Defense and with the direct participation of the Directorate-General for National Defense Resources, at an early stage. Currently composed of a group of Founding Associates and Honorary Associates, “(…) who have provided relevant and exceptional services to the Association or to the cause of Military Tourism”, mostly made up of municipalities, higher education establishments and associations.
ATMPT's mission is the development of military tourism in Portugal, the promotion, dissemination and preservation of the Portuguese historical and military heritage, the promotion and holding of events within the scope of military tourism, as well as the development of a National Network of Itineraries of Military History, integrating and structuring the tourist offer of the national military heritage.
It intends to assume itself as a platform for the strengthening of relations between the different entities and agents that work or can work on Military Tourism in the national territory, as well as for the creation of a common image and for the development, consultation and national and international affirmation. of the unique and innovative offer of Portuguese Military Tourism.