Tunisia’s tourism registered a 23% year-on-year growth in the first three months of 2018 according to a government report, Reuters reported. The sector accounts to about 8% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).
The country’s tourism minister Salma Loumi, according to the Reurters report, shared a forecast that arrivals to Tunisia would reach up to 8 million by the end of the year.
The numbers reflect a rebound in tourism which depleted after the damage caused after two deadly attacks on tourists in 2015 — a gun attack on a beach in Sousse which killed 38 visitors and the attack in a Tunis museum which killed 21.
However, in a previous report, Hotelier Middle East reported that in the three years since, Tunisia has seen a turnaround and major hotel brands have announced their entry into the North African country. Mövenpick Hotel du Lac Tunis will open its doors soon, joining the Four Seasons Hotel Tunis, which opened at the end of 2017. Anantara is also due to open in mid-2018.
"Revenues rose by 23% from 371 million dinars ($153 million) in the first three months of 2017 to 457 million dinars ($188 million) in the first three months of 2018," Tunisia’s tourism ministry shared in a statement.
Starting this May, Thomas Cook’s frequency of flights is expected to reach 10 flights per week. According to Nicolas Pezout, general manager of the Mövenpick Hotel du Lac Tunis, Tunisia’s tourism and hospitality industry has been through a challenging few years, and many efforts have been deployed by all to bring the destination’s image closer to what it used to be, the previous report by Hotelier stated.
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