Tunis/Tunisia — Minister of Tourism and Handicrafts Moez Belhassine, on Monday, met with Spanish Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism María Reyes Maroto, as part of his working visit in Madrid until January 19, the Ministry of Tourism said on Tuesday.
The Spanish Minister expressed her country’s willingness to strengthen cooperation with Tunisia in several sectors, including the tourism sector.
She stressed that “Spanish investors trust the Tunisian market,” indicating that “Tunisia has all the necessary tourist potential to be an attractive destination for tourists and investors.”
During this meeting, the two parties agreed to develop the areas of cooperation in the field of handicrafts and to make this sector known in Spain. The tourism cooperation agreement between Tunisia and Spain, signed in 2011, will be discussed and updated during a scheduled visit of the Spanish Minister to Tunisia. The two sides also discussed setting up exchange and training programmes in the tourist sector, as well as means to support Tunisia in the field of sustainable tourism and digital transition. Joint programmes will also be developed in the cultural tourism sector.
Belhassine indicated that the objective of his department is to attract more than 200 thousand Spanish tourists to Tunisia, a figure that has already been recorded before.
Source: All Africas
