Tourism Ministry and Thomas Cook to ink partnership agreement soon (Statement)

The Ministry of Tourism and representatives of international tour operator “Thomas Cook” have agreed to sign a partnership accord in May to restore tourism business with the UK market, Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts René Trabelsi said Thursday in Sousse. The agreement will spread over three years (from 2020 to 2022), he added. Representatives of British travel agencies “Thomas Cook” expressed will to promote Tunisia as a tourist destination, especially as the security situation has improved, the minister told TAP on the sidelines of a working session held at the…

“Talent Fair: Rebuild Tunisia” for creating favourable environment accessible to recruiters

The Tunisian Entrepreneurship & Spin-Off Association (ATUPEE) and the Tunis Higher School of Communication (SUP’COM)  Junior Enterprise  (SJE) are organizing on Saturday, May 4, in the Conference Space, an event called “Talent Fair: Rebuild Tunisia” which aims to enhance the students’  assets in a favourable environment accessible to recruiters. The “Talent Fair: Rebuild Tunisia” event will focus this year on two main themes: “employability and talent shortage” and “technopreneurship skills”. This is an opportunity to kick off the summer by helping students and future professionals and job seekers to find…

Thomas Cook reveal bookings for Tunisia are surging

THOMAS Cook have released their latest holiday report and it seems that Brits are increasingly looking beyond Europe for their summer holidays, The Sun News Website reports. While Spain remains the number one destination for the nation, countries like Turkey and Tunisia are coming back into favour as well. In fact, thanks to a huge surge in bookings this year, Turkey is now the second most popular destination for Thomas Cook customers, the same source said. It’s overtaken Greece, which is now number three. Tunisia has also seen a huge surge in…

“Africa Moves” investment summit set for Tunis in June

The Africa Moves Big Summit will take place in Tunis, on June 17-21, on growth in investment in tech startups across the continent. The event intends to attract as many as 8,000 attendees, featuring more than 200 African startups and 150 guest speakers hailing from dozens of countries, Disrupt-Africa website reports. Held on the premises of the Cité de la Culture in Tunis, Africa Moves is organised by the Entrepreneurship and Diversity Network (EDN), an international non-profit organisation that offers acceleration, incubation and mentoring, the same source said. “We believe…

First pilot centre specialising in digital innovation launched

The digital Tunisia strategy includes objectives related to start-ups through the improvement of the business climate, said Thursday Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy, Anouer Mâarouf at the launch of a first pilot digital centre in Tunisia, Africa and the Middle East. He added that his department is working with the Ministries of Higher Education and Vocational Training and civil society to consolidate the skills of young entrepreneurs and promote the creation of Start-ups. The Minister indicated that Start-ups need 5 strategic programmes, especially at the programming level, laboratories…

Béja Cheesy Days: Mediterranean Festival dedicated to cheese

The Association of Beja Cheese Festival and Heritage Promotion in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural Affairs and the Office of Livestock and Pasture and the Tunisian National Tourist Office are co-organizing the Beja Mediterranean Cheese Festival, which will be held from May 3 to 5, 2019.  After the first edition in 2018, the Beja Cheese Festival has become the meeting place for cheese lovers to meet cheese artisans. They will tell you, with passion, what is behind each cheese. Each cheese will be well explained, its flavours, its manufacturing…

SUP’COM: Open days from April 24 to 28, 2019

The Tunis Higher School of Communication (SUP’COM) organizes, from April 24 to 28 April, Open Days which will allow future students and parents to exchange with the school’s teachers, researchers and students and to discover the profession of digital engineering. In a statement published on Thursday in Tunis, SUP’COM states that this event “is part of the affirmation of its position in the digital ecosystem in Tunisia and with the objective of consolidating the bridges between engineering education, scientific research, business and society”. It is also an occasion for discovering…

Italian-Tunisian business forum in late April in Tunis

As part of the upcoming inter-governmental Italy-Tunisia summit April 29-30, a business forum will be held in Tunis on cooperation between the two countries, ANSAmed reports. The forum will be organized by the Italian Institute for Foreign Trade (ICE), the Italian industrial employers’ confederation Confindustria and the Italian banking association (ABI), and the Italian foreign ministry. The forum aims to look into business opportunities especially as concerns future projects drawn up by the Tunisian government in key industrial sectors. As part of the forum there will be discussion, thus, on…

Tunisia officially joins Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank

Tunisia has officially joined the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB). “The AIIB approved the accession of Tunisia on April 22,” the Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation said in a statement. The total approved membership of the AIIB has increased to 97, the statement reads. During his visit to China in February, Development, Investment and International Co-operation Minister Zied Ladhari formally requested the membership of the financial institution for his country. “This would allow Tunisia to receive funding for many development projects, particularly in the areas of infrastructure, transport,…

Tourism arrivals in Tunisia jump 17.4 percent

Tunisia recorded a 17.4 per cent leap in the number of tourism arrivals. 592,000 visitors arrived in Tunisia from January to March 2019, the Ministry of Tourism announced. Besides, hard currency tourism revenues registered a significant 35.1 per cent surge to stand at USD262.6 million during the first quarter of the year, the ministry revealed. These increases are attributed to a massive turnover of traditional European markets along with a hike in booking to the Tunisian destinations, explained Minister of Tourism Rene Trabelsi. During the first three months of the…