STORY: Tourists visiting Lisbon on Friday (September 5) said they felt safe despite the recent funicular accident where 16 people died, including 11 foreigners.

Standing in Restauradores Square near the site of the accident, U.S. tourist Sudhir Agarwal said that accidents happen everywhere but that wouldn't stop him from travelling.

Portuguese Prime Minister Luis Montenegro described the tragedy as one of the greatest in its recent history.

Police updated the list of fatalities that now includes five Portuguese citizens, three Britons, two South Koreans, two Canadians, and one from each of France, Switzerland, Ukraine and the United States.

They released no names or other details. More than 20 people were injured.

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Tourists in Lisbon say safety concerns unchanged after funicular accident

VIDEO SHOWS: TOURISTS COMMENTING ON LISBON'S FUNICULAR ACCIDENT / TOURISTS IN LISBON / LISBON TOURISTIC SPOTS

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SHOWS: LISBON, PORTUGAL (SEPTEMBER 5, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. PEOPLE WALKING PAST OUT OF SERVICE FUNICULAR

2. PLACARD ON FUNICULAR READING (English): ‘OUT OF SERVICE’

3. TOURIST TAKING PHOTOGRAPH OF FUNICULAR

4. JOURNALISTS AND TOURISTS STANDING IN RESTAURADORES SQUARE IN FRONT OF SITE OF FUNICULAR ACCIDENT

5. (SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST FROM UNITED STATES, SUDHIR AGARWAL, SAYING:

“Accidents do happen. I mean, nobody plans it. And it could be anywhere, it could be New York, for that matter, that is, I'm not going to stop going to New York.”

6. VARIOUS OF TOURISTS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS WITH LISBON SIGN IN RESTAURADORES SQUARE

7. VARIOUS OF GROUPS OF TOURISTS GATHERING IN SQUARE NEAR ACCIDENT SITE

8. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TOURIST FROM SPAIN, SUSANA GARCIA, SAYING:

“Safe? Of course. We arrived after the accident. We were not going to ride the funicular anyway, but we are very safe. We arrived yesterday and everything is fine.”

9. SPANISH TOURISTS IN RESTAURADORES SQUARE

10. (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) TOURIST FROM SPAIN, SUSANA GARCIA, SAYING:

“I don’t think so, that might happen sometimes, I guess they’ll take measures so it won’t happen again and that’s it. If not we wouldn’t even travel.”

11. PORTUGUESE AND LISBON FLAGS WAVING IN SAO JORGE CASTLE

12. VARIOUS OF TOURISTS QUEUING AT KIOSK

13. TOURISTS WALKING IN SQUARE

14. SOUNDBITE) (English) TOURIST FROM UNITED STATES, MATT MORALES, SAYING:

“I don't think it would be affected. No, but I mean, I think that a lot of people are going to take the the vehicle that crashed, but I don't think that tourism will be affected.”

15. VARIOUS OF SANTA JUSTA LIFT

16. VARIOUS OF HISTORIC TRAMS DRIVING IN STREET

17. RUA AUGUSTA ARCH

18. VARIOUS OF HISTORIC TRAMS ON STREETS