“Tourism employs 400,000 people in Tunisia and is a key driver of the economy. With the political support I have testified today and a national tourism policy coordinated among all ministries, I trust that we will see a swift recovery of tourism to Tunisia and the sector playing a fundamental role in this new era of country,” said UNWTO Secretary-General, Taleb Rifai, who participated last Sunday with other international dignitaries and UN representatives in the support march held in Tunes.
On the occasion of his visit to Tunisia, Mr. Rifai discussed the contribution of tourism to the country’s socio-economic development with President Beji Caid Essebsi and Prime Minister Habib Essid and agreed a new cooperation program with the Minister of Tourism of Tunisia, Salma Elloumi Rekik.
UNWTO and Tunisia agreed on a new cooperation framework which includes the areas of communications, education and training and hotel classification. Tunisia will also host the 5th edition of the UNWTO Tourism and the Media Conference during the last quarter of 2015.