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Chargée d’Affaires Natasha Franceschi Meets With Minister of Tourism Mohamed Moez Belhassine

Chargée d’Affaires Natasha Franceschi met with Minister of Tourism Mohamed Moez Belhassine today to discuss the importance of Tunisia’s tourism and handicraft sectors in fostering sustainable economic growth in communities across Tunisia. Through USAID’s newly launched $50 million “Visit Tunisia” project, the U.S. government is partnering with Tunisia’s tourism sector to, create 15,000 new sustainable …

By U.S. Embassy Tunis | 16 May, 2022 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Foreign Assistance, Travel & Tourism, USAID

Ambassador Donald Blome Met With Tunisian Minister of Tourism Habib Ammar

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 …

By U.S. Embassy Tunis | 19 February, 2021 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, Travel & Tourism, U.S. & Tunisia

DCM Welcomes First Cruise Ship of 2017 to La Goulette

DCM Moeling joined the Minister of Culture and the Minister of Tourism on January 18, 2017 to welcome the cruise ship Viking Sea when it arrived at La Goulette. There were 900 passengers on the ship, most of them American.

By U.S. Embassy Tunis | 18 January, 2017 | Topics: Art & Culture, Travel & Tourism

“Bicycling the West Coast” Draws a Crowd at IRC

An audience of more than 50 gathered at the IRC to hear Tunisian cyclist Arafet Ben Marzou share his experiences traveling the West Coast of the United States. Arafet showed a video of his journey and then used a slide show to discuss environmental-protection practices in America, including green energy policy, open-space preservation programs, sustainable …

By Public Affairs Section | 19 August, 2015 | Topics: American Spaces, Travel & Tourism

Arafet Ben Marzou Travels the U.S. West Coast on a Whike

The U.S. Embassy in Tunis has teamed up with Exploralis Tunisia to support a unique sports diplomacy initiative. On February 23, 2015, Arafet Ben Marzou embarked on a three-month solo expedition by bike along the West Coast of the United States. Arafet’s incredible journey began in Los Angeles in the U.S. state of California and …

By U.S. Embassy Tunis | 21 April, 2015 | Topics: Travel & Tourism

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