Day: June 30, 2024

Oman, Tunisia ink new air services agreement

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Credit goes to Muscat Daily The Sultanate of Oman, represented by the Civil Aviation Authority, inked an air services agreement with the Republic of Tunisia in Tunis on Sunday, Muscat Daily reported. The agreement was signed by Eng Nayef bin Ali al Abri, Chairman of Oman’s Civil Aviation Authority, in the presence of Sarah Zaafarani Zanzri, Tunisia’s Minister of Transport, Dr Hilal bin Abdullah al Sanani, Oman’s Ambassador to Tunisia, and several officials from the two countries’ civil aviation authorities. This agreement updates the 1985 agreement between the governments of…

Tunisia: Enhancing geological heritage at Beit El Hikma

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The Department of Islamic Studies of the Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts Beit al-Hikma has organized a workshop on June 27 on the theme of “Legislative obligations relating to heritage”. The workshop, coordinated by Department Director Hmida Enneifer and Professor Mohamed Bouhlel, focused on the first scientific session on the place of heritage issues in national legislation and international conventions. The second session looked in particular at geological heritage in Tunisia: “Geo-parks in Tunisia between legislation and international conventions”, using the Dhahar’ geo-park in south-eastern Tunisia as a…

Tunisia-Africa Business Council and Netherlands-African Business Council: Historic partnership to boost economic cooperation

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The Tunisia-Africa Business Council (TABC), represented by its President Mr. Anis Jaziri, and the Netherlands-African Business Council (NABC), represented by Mr. Mattijs Renden, Head of Business Development, signed a historic partnership agreement at the Dutch Embassy in Tunis on Wednesday June 26, 2024. Mrs Josephine Frantzen, Dutch Ambassador to Tunisia, honored the official ceremony with her presence. This strategic partnership aims to strengthen the Netherlands-Tunisia-Africa triangulation, by opening up new prospects for cooperation between Tunisian economic operators and their Dutch counterparts. The primary aim is to stimulate bilateral trade and…

Tunisia’s travel and tourism sector is expected to generate 23 billion dinars for national economy by 2024

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Travel and tourism in Tunisia is expected to inject a record TND 23 billion into the national economy in 2024, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Study. With adequate government support, the WTTC predicts that the sector’s annual contribution to GDP could reach more than TND 32 billion by 2034. The latest WTTC data shows that in terms of economic contribution, number of jobs and domestic visitor spending, the travel and tourism sector is set to surpass all previous records in 2024. “A 16%…