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Tunisia heralds 'recovery in European tourism' in latest visitor figures

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Tom Parry
26 July 2017

British travellers appear to be defying the Foreign Office (FCO) travel ban on Tunisia, after almost 9,000 UK tourists visited the North African country in the first half of this year.

The big two

Tunisia recorded 1,527,891 tourist arrivals from January 1 to May 20 – up 46% compared to the same period in 2016.

In a tourism report, the Tunisian National Tourist Office said the visitor increase marked “the start of a recovery in European tourism” for the nation.

According to the findings, tourism from the Maghreb region “remains predominant”, accounting for 60.2% of tourists arriving during this period, with 1,148,037 visitors – a 51.6% year-on-year increase.