TUNIS - A noteworthy improvement of hotel occupancy rate was recorded during the last ten days of July, while tourist trade has been marked, since January 2011, by a general decline of entries, overnight stays and receipts.
A survey by the Trade and Tourism Ministry shows that the occupancy rate reached 47.2 % in some tourist zones, during the last 10 days of July, with the peak in the zones of Mahdia (81.2%), Yasmine-Hammamet (77.7%), Nabeul-Hammamet (69.9%) and Djerba-Zarzis (55.8%).
However, given the slow-down of the tourist trade, during the first seven months of 2011, the revenues fell by -47%, at 952.5 million dinars (MTD).
Tourist entries registered, according to the Ministry, a drop of 39% from January to July 2011, some 2,422,364 tourists, against 3,972,009 during the same period of 2010.
The European entries (1,070,208 tourists) went down by 49%. As regards Tunisia's first tourist market, the entries of the French tourists numbering 437,586 visitors, went down by - 46.5%.
German tourists who visited Tunisia (106,645) also fell by 53.3%, while the number of the English tourists (116,100) registered a drop of -38,8%.
As to Maghrebi tourists, the ministry's statistics show a remarkable decline of the Algerians (-43.9%), from 621,155, in 2010, to 348,645 in 2011.
The number of Libyan tourists reached 764,639, down by 32.5% (this figure refers only to Libyans who stayed in hotels).
The total overnight stays (9,071,644) also decreased by - 43.1%, from January to July 2011.
The sharpest falls were recorded in the zones of Sousse (-64.5%), Djerba-Zarziz (-43.2%), Monastir-Skanès (-42.9%), Mahdia (-36.9%) and Yasmine-Hammamet (-30.9%).
TUNIS - A noteworthy improvement of hotel occupancy rate was recorded during the last ten days of July, while tourist trade has been marked, since January 2011, by a general decline of entries, overnight stays and receipts.
A survey by the Trade and Tourism Ministry shows that the occupancy rate reached 47.2 % in some tourist zones, during the last 10 days of July, with the peak in the zones of Mahdia (81.2%), Yasmine-Hammamet (77.7%), Nabeul-Hammamet (69.9%) and Djerba-Zarzis (55.8%).
However, given the slow-down of the tourist trade, during the first seven months of 2011, the revenues fell by -47%, at 952.5 million dinars (MTD).
Tourist entries registered, according to the Ministry, a drop of 39% from January to July 2011, some 2,422,364 tourists, against 3,972,009 during the same period of 2010.
The European entries (1,070,208 tourists) went down by 49%. As regards Tunisia's first tourist market, the entries of the French tourists numbering 437,586 visitors, went down by - 46.5%.
German tourists who visited Tunisia (106,645) also fell by 53.3%, while the number of the English tourists (116,100) registered a drop of -38,8%.
As to Maghrebi tourists, the ministry's statistics show a remarkable decline of the Algerians (-43.9%), from 621,155, in 2010, to 348,645 in 2011.
The number of Libyan tourists reached 764,639, down by 32.5% (this figure refers only to Libyans who stayed in hotels).
The total overnight stays (9,071,644) also decreased by - 43.1%, from January to July 2011.
The sharpest falls were recorded in the zones of Sousse (-64.5%), Djerba-Zarziz (-43.2%), Monastir-Skanès (-42.9%), Mahdia (-36.9%) and Yasmine-Hammamet (-30.9%).
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