Tunisia's Tourism

Easy Jet to launch Tunisian service in 2009

Easy Jet to launch Tunisian service in 2009 Tunis, January 5, 2009- The newspaper Le Temps reports in Monday’s issue that the UK- based low-cost airline, Easy Jet has submitted a request to Tunisia ‘s civil aviation authorities (OACA) to operate a service from certain European cities such as Geneva, Paris and Frankfurt to respectively Tunis, Monastir and Djerba. The new ...

Health tourism complex soon to be built in Gabès

Health tourism complex soon to be built in Gabès Tunis, January 2, 2009- A health tourism complex will soon be built in the El Khabayat region near Gabes, a coastal town located some 400 kilometres south of the capital . Covering an area of 140 hectares, the complex will comprise several health cure centres using essentially thermal waters for which the area ...

Air links between Tozeur and major European cities to re-open in 2009

Air links between Tozeur and major European cities to re-open in 2009 Tunis, December 30, 2008- Air links between Tozeur, located some 400 kilometres South of the capital, and the cities of Milan, Geneva and Madrid, will reopen in November 2009. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Tozeur by the Minister of Tourism, Mr Khelil Laajimi. The reopening of the air links, which was ...

Property opportunities on the rise in Tunisia

Property opportunities on the rise in Tunisia Tunis, December 24, 2008- “Film-goers know the country as the place where parts of Star Wars were filmed, but now Tunisia is being cast in a new role- property investment”, writes Catherine Deshayes in Wednesday’s electronic version of the property portal, the Move Channel. The article entitled “Tunisia finds film fame”, highlights the ...

Nafta’s old town gets facelift

Nafta’s old town gets facelift Tunis, December 10, 2008- Located some 400 kilometres from the capital and 25 kilometres from Tozeur, the oasis town of Nafta (see photo), also known as the “Land of the Palms”, is often alluded to as the “Kairouan of the South” because of the town’s mystical, Sufi ancestry. Nowadays, the town which sits ...

Tunisia retains second place as the world’s top thalasso therapy destination

Tunisia retains second place as the world’s top thalasso therapy destination Tunis, November 27, 2008- Figures recently released, show that Tunisia has retained its second place as the world’s top thalasso therapy destination, after France. In 2007 the country’s thalasso therapy centres welcomed some 150,000 visitors , in great majority Europeans. It is also ranked as second top health destination in Africa , after ...

Fourth edition of “oases marathon” will link Tozeur to Djerba

Fourth edition of “oases marathon” will link Tozeur to Djerba Tunis, November 17, 2008- The fourth edition of Tunisia’s pedestrian rally, also known as the “oases marathon”, was launched on Sunday in Tozeur. The race which gathers some 500 participants from Tunisia, Belgium, France, Italy, Germany Algeria, Morocco, Tahiti and other countries, will cross 4 governorates, namely those of Tozeur, Kebili, Tataouine and ...