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Tunisia Made it to Lonely Planet’s Top 10 ‘Best In Travel 2020’1 min read

By Editorial Staff October 26, 2019
Written by Editorial Staff October 26, 2019
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With a balmy Mediterranean coast, scented with jasmine, and where the fish on your plate is always fresh, Tunisia is prime place for a wonderful sun-sand-and-sea vacation.

Suggested Read: Top 10 Tunisian Beaches for a Fantastic Summer Vacation

Beyond the beaches, it’s a thrilling, underrated destination where distinct cultures and amazing landscape – forested coastlines, Saharan sand seas in the south – can be explored in just a few days.

Tunisia top 10 destination
Picture taken by Amine Mouelhi
Tunisia top 10 destination
Picture taken by Amine Mouelhi

The country has now made it to Lonely Planet’s top 10 touristic destinations list in 2020. It is taking the seventh spot on Lonely Planet’s “Best Value” in 2020.

Check the full list of your 2020 travel bucket list

  • East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia
  • Budapest, Hungary
  • Madhya Pradesh, India
  • Buffalo, USA
  • Azerbaijan
  • Serbia
  • Tunisia
  • Cape Winelands, South Africa
  • Athens, Greece
  • Zanzibar, Tanzania

Source: LONELY PLANET BEST PLACES TO TRAVEL 2020

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