Sousse: Launch of preparation of draft tourism code (Minister)

Tunis: Minister of Tourism, Mohamed Moez Belhassine, announced on Saturday the launch of the Tourism Code project, stressing the importance of reviewing the sector's legal framework in light of the practical problems posed by the current texts. Speaking at the opening of the ordinary general assembly of the Tunisian Association of Travel and Tourism Agencies in Sousse on Saturday, the minister said his ministry was working to create an appropriate legal framework for the implementation of tourist accommodation projects in line with the pillars of sustainable tourism. For Belhassine, this new framework will contribute to the development of investments and projects in this field, in parallel with the revision of the investment law and its orientation towards equitable and sustainable regional development. The project to revise the classification system for hotel units has reached the final stage before publication, in parallel with the creation of a working group chaired by the Ministry of Finance and compri sing representatives of the Ministries of Tourism, Justice, the Economy and Planning, as well as the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), to examine the files relating to the indebtedness of hotel establishments, he added. He also said that his department was working on a strategic vision for the future of the sector. Belhassine stressed that this strategy was being developed through a participatory approach involving the various stakeholders in the public and private sectors, as well as civil society, with the aim of developing diversified and sustainable tourism in the long term and enhancing the country's status as a competitive tourist destination. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse