Tunisia to boost local tourism
TUNISIAONLINENEWS- Organized by the ministry of tourism, in collaboration with Federations of Tunisian hotels, Tunisian Travel Agencies and the “Tunisia Amadeus” company, an information and awareness campaign was held on Wednesday on the promotion of local tourism in tunis.
In a communiqué released by the Minister of Tourism, Mr. Kalil Laajimi, the campaign will continue until December 19, 2009 and will be broadcast in the media.
This campaign aims at “contributing to organize the local demand for holidays and recreation through the marketing of tourism product at advantageous rates”, he added.
In Tunisia, the share of local tourism is still low accounting for 7% in terms of nights, below Europe and the United States.
Mr. Laajimi said that the main impediment to the development of local tourism is in the fixing of prices per person. In this regard, he called on hotel managers in order to substitute the price per room instead of the price per person.
According to the latest releases, local tourism has performed steadily over the recent years thanks to the noticeable changes in incomes and living conditions of Tunisian households.
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