Tourism revenues up by 40.5% (late  November 2018)

The tourism sector indicators improved clearly in terms of revenues to reach nearly 3.7 billion dinars by late November 2018, up 40,5% compared to the same period of 2017, said Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Rene Trabelsi. At a plenary session in the House of People’s Representatives on Wednesday on the draft budget of the Ministry of Tourism and Handicrafts for 2019, Trabelsi said that the number of tourists has posted a 17.2% rise to the end of November 2018, compared to last year, reaching 7.5 million tourists. This leap…

Tunisian-South African joint business council to be created

A joint Tunisian-South African business council will be created soon, announced Abdessalem Loued, member of The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA) national bureau, and Bulelani Magwanishe, South African vice-minister of Trade and Industry, at a meeting held on Tuesday in Tunis, “Both sides agreed on the creation of this Joint Business Council and a Tunisian business mission to South Africa during the year 2019” is scheduled, according to a statement issued Wednesday by UTICA. The two leaders also discussed at this meeting, the areas of activity available…