Ambassador Donald Blome met today with Tunisian Minister of Tourism Habib Ammar to reaffirm continued U.S. support for the tourism industry. During the meeting, Ambassador Blome highlighted our close cooperation and highlighted USAID’s $50 million project in support of alternative tourism in Tunisia as a means of countering the effect of the pandemic on this major sector of the economy. To date, the United States has offered more than $56 million in aid to support tourism and cultural preservation in Tunisia.
