Tunisia Case Study

• What are some tourist attractions in tunisia?

  • Historic Monuments ie Roman monuments
  • sunny, medditaranian climate
  • Towns ie Tunis which has shops and resturants
  • Hiking paths in cliffs and mountains
  • National parks to see wildlife ie flamingos
  • Close to Uk and europe - easily accessible by planes
• why can't Tunisia rely on tourism?

  • External factors can quickly stop tourists coming - ie covid, arab spring, terrorist attacks
• how does tourism close the economic dev gap?

  • provides direct jobs - ie in hotels you need cleaners, gardeners, receptionists
  • provides indirect jobs - ie taxi drivers, builders etc
  • over 370,000 jobs have been created
  • This can lead to the positive multiplier effect in the local area
  • Local businesses benefit and they can grow
• what are direct jobs

  jobs which are directly linked to tourism in tunisia
• aprox how much money does tunisia's economy gain from tourism

  • 3 billion dollars
• how many jobs in tunisia are linked to tourism

  15%
• how much of tunisias gdp comes from tourism

  15%