Tunisia shows signs of tourism recovery

Saturday, November 17, 2018

With cobbled pathways, flanked by whitewashed, cubiform buildings, and jostling for space amongst the Sunday crowds, Tunisia’s Sidi Bou Said boasts of being an iconic Mediterranean village in every sense.

Its tourism industry is finally showing signs of healthy recovery, three years after a spate of devastating terrorist attacks in 2015.

International arrivals to Tunisia increased by about 29 per cent in the first nine months of last year compared to 2016 and recently-released government data shows they increased 16.9 per cent year on year to 6.3 million in the nine months to the end of September 2018.

An October 2018 report from the UNWTO shows a 23.2 per cent increase in tourists to Tunisia from 2016 to 2017. In 2017, tourist numbers went up to 7.1 million, and they’re expected to surpass that number this year.

“Tunisia, where the lifting of negative travel advice has led to a surge of European visitors the past months, recorded double-digit growth,” the UNWTO report said.

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