Tunis, January 30, 2009- The ancient Romans who knew the benefits of mineral hot springs would have been pleased: the building of a 10 kilometre road linking the Roman baths of Hammam Mellegue to the city of El Kef in north western Tunisia, will considerably boost thermal tourism in the region.
Hammam Mellegue , one of the world’s largest geological sites will soon have its own spa resort. The region’s hot mineral springs covered with a black clay layer rich in iridium ...
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Tunis, January 30, 2009- President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali chaired a cabinet meeting on Friday. The meeting focused on the programs underway to boost exports in the framework of the presidential program, “For Tomorrow’s Tunisia”.
Several decisions were taken including the elaboration of a third program to boost exports for the period 2010-2014, increasing the country’s participation to foreign fairs and exhibits , connecting chambers of commerce and industry to the TASDIR NET network, increasing the authorized transfers to 500,000 dinars for ...
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Tunis, January 30, 2009- Up to December 2008 the number of Tunisian norms has reached 10,430, 95% of which are compliant with international and European standards, said Mr Ayman Mekki, the director general of the national institute of normalization and industrial property (INNORPI), during a press conference on Friday in Tunis.
Mr Mekki said that the number of Tunisian norms will be brought to 11,700 before the end of 2009 and 15,000 by 2011.
He also added that all Tunisian norms will be ...
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Tunis, January 30, 2009- Hitting the green in Tunisia is not only fashionable, it is trendy. The country has been ranked as the world’s 4 th golf destination by the leading French golf tour operators’ magazine “Greens du Monde”, it was reported by online Business News.
The world’s other leading golf destinations are Mauritius, ranked first in the world, followed by Morocco, The Dominican Republic, and the new comer, Turkey which is ranked 5 th in the world by the magazine.
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Tunis, January 30, 2009- Tunisair will reduce the price of its fares by some 50 dinars, as of February 1, 2009. It also plans to lower the price of its “Early Purchase” tickets with the aim of selling some 20,000 additional tickets per year, said the company’s products central director, Mr Ali Miaoui. The offer concerns flights leaving from Tunis, he said.
The national air carrier also ambitions to transport 4 million passengers in 2009 against 3, 8 million in 2008.
The forthcoming ...
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Tunis, January 29, 2009- The volume of foreign investments in Tunisia increased from 2 billion dinars in 2007 to 3,1 billion dinars in 2008, said Mr Nouri Jouini, the Minister of Development and International Cooperation during a press conference in Tunis, on Thursday.
He also said that the country’s growth rate reached 5% in 2008, in spite of a disappointing agricultural season and a decrease in the hydrocarbon and mining production.
Mr Jouini noted that the creation of some 80,000 additional jobs made it ...
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Tunis, January 29, 2009- During a press conference in Tunis on Thursday, Brazil’s development, industry and external commerce Minister, Mr Miguel Jorge focused on the investment of the Brazilian mining group “Vale”, the second largest mining group in the world, in Tunisia.
Mr Jorge said that the group took part in the call for tenders for the exploitation of the phosphate site of Sra Ouertane, a market worth 2 billion dollars.
He added that the possibility of exporting the site’s total production to ...
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