Turkey is setting thermal tourism in Tunisia’s southern El Hamma city

Monday, January 21, 2019

Turkey is set to share more than 30 years of experience on managing hotel and timeshare resort investments in geothermal tourism with Tunisia.

In the southern El Hamma city, a Turkish company is setting up thermal facility, as there is a partnership agreement with Tunisian Sovereign Wealth Fund and Dogan Geothermal Group. It will build a 1,000-apartment resort, a physical therapy and rehabilitation center, as well as a shopping mall in timeshare system.

The delegation headed by Yasin Aktay, an advisor to Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development (AK) Party, and Mehmet Ali Dogan, the head of the company, have earlier conducted preliminary site assessment as well as discussing the details of the project and the partnership protocol. The new delegation also held a working meeting with Tunisian Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation Ziad al-Athari on the incentives of the Tunisian government for the foreign investments.

Yasin Aktay said that Tunisia is a country that offers significant incentives to foreign investors. He said Tunisia is endowed with rich thermal resources, adding that the project has emerged upon receiving an offer from Tunisia. Aktay stressed that El Hamma has a market that will appeal to Libya and Algeria due to its geographical proximity to both countries.

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