The Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts in Tunisia, Mohamed Moez Belhossein, revealed that the revenues from tourism activity have improved since the beginning of the year by 7 percent year on year.
Belhossein pointed out that "a rise in the number of overnight stays in hotels was recorded by about 19 percent, while the number of arrivals increased by about 3 percent compared to last year," noting that "the indicators herald the return of the sector to its previous activity, especially after the return of the British, German the Russian markets, and reviewing Tunisia’s classification regarding the spread of the epidemic and removing it from the red zone.”
Belhossein confirmed that "Tunisia is reviewing laws to encourage investment in rural tourism products, or what is known as "alternative tourism" and restructuring them to contribute to the development of the interior regions."
The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism has developed a strategy for the next three years to restore the sector's activity pace, which includes measures related to display, promotion, domestic tourism and health issues that will help restore Tunisian tourism to its global position. Tourism is a major source of foreign currency, and after Tunisia received in 2019 for the first time nine million tourists and achieved revenues of about two billion dollars after the terrorist attacks in 2015, the sector returned to the deflationary square again after the outbreak of the epidemic last year.
Source (London-based Al-Arab Newspaper, Edited)
