The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism revealed that the tourism sector revenues have decreased by 64 percent, from the beginning of this year until the tenth of December this year, and that compared to the same period last year. Financial revenues were estimated at 1.9 billion Tunisian dinars (about 691 million dollars). While the revenues were recorded at no less than 5.3 billion Tunisian dinars (about 1.9 billion dollars) during the same period in 2019.
This decline is due to the contraction of European tourists (especially the French and Germans) during the last summer season, which greatly affected the entire system associated with the tourism sector, including traditional industries, travel and tourism agencies, and car rental companies.
Tunisia had opened its tourist spaces to expatriates on June 27, and encouraged tourists to visit the country, but the rapid spread of the epidemic in the neighboring European space, and the entry of Tunisia in a second wave of infections, prevented any results.
In this regard, the Tunisian Minister of Tourism, Habib Ammar, indicated that "the total number of tourists coming to Tunisia has decreased by 78 percent this year, and the financial sector revenues have decreased by 64 percent," he pointed out that "to cope with this exceptional situation, the Tunisian government approved a set of incentive measures aimed at preserving the institutions operating in tourism and traditional industries."
Source (Al-Sharq Al-Awsat newspaper, Edited)
