Tunisia: Tourism Minister Calls for Implementing Djerba’s Charter for Sustainable Tourism

Tunis/Tunisia — Minister of Tourism Moez Belhassine known as, throughout a go to to Djerba, on tourism professionals within the vacationer space of the island and of Zarzis to arrange the Djerba constitution for sustainable and accountable tourism as a sort of pact between the assorted stakeholders within the sector committing every get together to imagine its duty to make sure the success of the vacationer season on all ranges.

On the finish of a regional council of tourism in Djerba, the minister advised reporters the target set for 2023 is the restoration of vacationer exercise as a way to attain a price of 80 per cent of the outcomes achieved in 2019, particularly since throughout the first quarter the figures have exceeded these of 2019 by way of vacationer receipts which registered an enchancment of 66 % in comparison with the identical interval of 2022 and 13 % in comparison with the identical interval of 2019.

On this respect, he specified that the continuity of this momentum requires, specifically, combining the efforts of all and enhancing the vacationer provide in order that the 12 months can be promising for this important sector of the nationwide economic system, he mentioned.

The minister additionally pressured the significance of bringing to a profitable finish the pilot expertise of “Djerba, an island with out plastic” in order that it could be a mannequin for different areas. He added that “Djerba with out plastic is a necessity and never a selection” as a way to protect its atmosphere and the standard of its dwelling atmosphere.

The go to was additionally a possibility for the minister to study concerning the preparations for the annual Jewish pilgrimage to El Ghriba scheduled for Might 4 to 9, 2023 and the progress of the event of the medina in Midoun, a challenge whose second installment is funded by the Ministry of Tourism.