Tunisian tourism: professional federations in Paris to regain the French market
Tunisian tourism executives from federations are on a professional visit in France 22-24January 2013 in an attempt to relaunchTunisian tourism in the French market, the main source of Tunisia’s tourists, TAP reports.
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Tunisian-touris...
The Presidents of the Tunisian Hotels Federations (FTH) and Travel Agencies (FTAV) Mohamed Belajouza and Mohamed Ali Toumi are visiting Paris to re-assure travel organisers in France and attempt to relaunch Tunisian bookings , according to a joint statement.
French tourist bookings for Tunisia have dropt due to multiple cancellation registered in the last few months. Tourism figures in 2012 had begun to show an improvement over 2011.
The visit includes meetings with the President of the French Tour Operators Association (Ceto) René-Marc Chikli, the President of the French Travel Agencies' (SNAV) Georges Colson and the executives of the Tunisian tour-operators in the French market.
Talks are also scheduled with officials of French and international tour operators, representatives of Tunisair and Tunisian National Tourism Board (ONTT) in Paris as well as the French media representatives.
With more than 800,000 tourists until September 2012, France tops the rankng of tourist-provider countries for Tunisia against one million before the Revolution.
Tunisian tourism has suffered enormously since the Revolution of December 17, 2010-January 14, 2011 despite the resumption recorded in 2012.
According to the statement, "the national and international juncture which affected the booking levels raises concern on a disastrous 2013 tourist year which will impact the sector and all the Tunisian economy."
The year 2012 saw serous and violent disturbances in Tunisia by salafafists including an assault on a French regional councillor, Jamel Gharbi, of Tunisian origin which drew strong criticism from the French government. Countries like Tunisia,Libya and Egypt have all seen their tourism suffer from perceived violence and disturbances. Attacks on secular society and artists by fundamentalists who regularly breach human rights are clearly damaging the image of a country like Tunisia which had a highly successful tourism industry before the revolution.
French tourist bookings for Tunisia have dropt due to multiple cancellation registered in the last few months. Tourism figures in 2012 had begun to show an improvement over 2011.
The visit includes meetings with the President of the French Tour Operators Association (Ceto) René-Marc Chikli, the President of the French Travel Agencies' (SNAV) Georges Colson and the executives of the Tunisian tour-operators in the French market.
Talks are also scheduled with officials of French and international tour operators, representatives of Tunisair and Tunisian National Tourism Board (ONTT) in Paris as well as the French media representatives.
With more than 800,000 tourists until September 2012, France tops the rankng of tourist-provider countries for Tunisia against one million before the Revolution.
Tunisian tourism has suffered enormously since the Revolution of December 17, 2010-January 14, 2011 despite the resumption recorded in 2012.
According to the statement, "the national and international juncture which affected the booking levels raises concern on a disastrous 2013 tourist year which will impact the sector and all the Tunisian economy."
The year 2012 saw serous and violent disturbances in Tunisia by salafafists including an assault on a French regional councillor, Jamel Gharbi, of Tunisian origin which drew strong criticism from the French government. Countries like Tunisia,Libya and Egypt have all seen their tourism suffer from perceived violence and disturbances. Attacks on secular society and artists by fundamentalists who regularly breach human rights are clearly damaging the image of a country like Tunisia which had a highly successful tourism industry before the revolution.
Source : https://www.marocafrik.com/english/Tunisian-touris...