Tunisia's Tourism

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...