Country profile Tunisia 2016

Abstract

The Tunisian economy has been severely affected by the resurgence of terrorism and its impact on tourism, a key sector for the country; other factors include low foreign demand, notably European, with uncertain resumption of its growth, being caught up in the Libyan crisis and internal social tensions in various sectors. Economic growth stood at 0.8 per cent in 2015 compared with 2.3 per cent in 2014. the tourism sector made a weak contribution to growth, in contrast to the standard practice of recent years. Behind these economic difficulties, however, lie problems of a structural nature which this country profile proposes to identify and which are considered later in the text. Recommendations to the Government of Tunisia are made in this country profile to pay particular attention to the tourism sector in its program of reform so that the sector, which has already benefited from support in the past, can offer the promise of future success.