The World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 2024 Economic Impact Research (EIR) has today revealed that Tunisia’s Travel & Tourism sector is set to inject a record-breaking TND 23BN into the national economy this year.
The latest data shows that across its economic contribution, job numbers, and domestic visitor spending, Travel & Tourism is expected to surpass all previous records this year.
Although international visitor spending isn’t anticipated to fully recover this year, the global tourism body expects it will come within touching distance of the 2019 peak.
According to the data, Travel & Tourism’s economic contribution will represent 14% of the overall economy this year, while sector jobs are projected to grow 3.9% year-on-year to reach almost 418,000 – accounting for one in nine jobs.
Domestic visitor spending is anticipated to grow 5% from last year to reach TND 11.7BN – 0.7% ahead of 2019.
Although international visitor spending is expected to grow more than 12% to reach almost TND 11BN, this will still be nearly 9% behind 2019 levels.
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