Year: 2018

An information workshop on the theme “New Perspectives and Opportunities for the Tunisian-British Partnership” will be held on May 9, 2018 at the Exporter’s House in Tunis, the Export Promotion Centre (CEPEX) announced on Friday. The meeting, which will be attended by several personalities aims to better understand the potential and opportunities for trade and economic cooperation between Tunisia and the United Kingdom, said the CEPEX in a statement. A strategic study on the improvement of trade and economic exchanges between Tunisia and the United Kingdom will be presented by…

The tourism indicators in Sousse-Kantaoui are clearly growing, says Regional Tourism Commissioner, Bassem Ouertani, on Wednesday at the meeting of the Regional Tourism Council. The number of arrivals recorded from January 1 to April 20, 2018, reached 243,182 tourists, against 178,656 during the same period of 2017, i.e. an increase of 36%. Similarly, the number of overnight stays increased by 42% from 471,118 overnight stays to 669,085. Local tourism ranks first in terms of arrivals (134,136) and overnight stays (229,713). The Algerian market ranks second, with 44,586 tourists (+ 72%…

Official sales of Russian Lada cars have started in Tunisia. AvtoVAZ, the company that manufactures Lada vehicles, now exports its products to 30 countries. In Tunisia, the Russian manufacturer is represented by Artes, which is the North African country’s market leader in terms of car sales. “Customers are offered a three-door Lada 4×4 Urban car… equipped with air conditioning,” AvtoVAZ said on Thursday, adding that African hunters, veterinarians, farmers, and adventurers are among the targeted market. According to the company, the car’s starting price will be 38,650 Tunisian dinars (about $16,000). That…

The official start of the activity of the Tunisian rating agency “PBR Rating” was announced Thursday in Tunis, during the signing of a sponsorship agreement between the Tunisian professional association of banks and financial institutions and this agency. It will initially operate in Tunisia, before covering the rest of North Africa, as of September, starting with Cairo and Casablanca. PBR Rating was born from the initiative of a group of Tunisian financial, economic and legal experts, who since 2008 have been working on the roll-out of the financial rating activity…

Tunisia is making a strong comeback on the German market but tour operators and airlines need to add more capacity, travel experts demanded at a recent destination event organised by fvw and DRV in Tunis. The North African destination can look forward to a good year in terms of German visitor numbers as its recovery continues. Tour operators have a 40% increase in bookings at present, and about 300,000 German tourists could holiday in the country this year compared to 181,000 in 2017. This is still some way off previous…

Tunisian authorities insist the country is safe for holidaymakers as Tui resumed flights from the UK this week following Thomas Cook’s resumption in February. Tunisian officials were in London last week to meet UK security representatives. Communications chief Khalifa Chibani told Travel Weekly: “There is an intensification of security, with the presence of officers in resorts, on beaches, in hotels, in leisure centres, on roads used by tourist coaches and at all places that attract visitors. “We have mobile patrols on the coast and securing the outskirts of tourism resorts,…