Ramadan in Tunis
I wish all Muslim readers of this blog the very best for the holy month of Ramadan. It is truly humbling to see friends and colleagues here fasting through the long and hot August days in Tunis and maintaining at the same time the warm and generous spirit of the Islamic holy month. A number of colleagues here and in British Embassies in the region have published snippets about their experiences of Ramadan. You might be interested in reading them. Read more- Ramadan 2010
- Scholarships
- Promoting English
- Carthage Festival 2010
Musical Instruments now with free delivery (to EU)
Our selection of musical instruments now come with free delivery to mainland Europe.
http://www.tunisia.com/shopping/Tunisian-Musical-Instruments
Just check out as usual and the cart should state a 0 value for delivery.- Weekend Hotel Discounts
- Grand Traveltodo Caravan Tour
Tunisia: New plans to improve our tourism product
The Tunisian government has agreed during a Ministerial Council on June 28, 2010, chaired by the President selection of new measures and actions to improve the Tunisian touristic product.
The Ministerial Council decided that:
Periodic updating of criteria for classification of hotels according to quality requirements.
Review the organizational framework of professional hotel manager with emphasis on professionalism to assume this responsibility.
Accelerating the pace of the program of upgrading of accommodation facilities, to 200 plans upgrade approved in late 2014, while focusing efforts on the part intangible.
Creation of the prize of "The Excellence in Tourism", to encourage the best initiatives in the tourism field.
Realignment of the F Read more- The international airport of Monastir Habib Bourguiba Airport voted best in Africa
- Tunisia on CNN!
- Traveltodo Announce 2009 Winners
- Enfidha Airport :a partnership convention between Tunisair and TAV Tunisia
BT “Banque de Tunisie, ” awarded MSI 20000 certification
Banque de Tunisie" (BT) has been recently granted the MSI 20000 certification. Actually, The International MSI 20000 standard crowns the results of steady growth and high level of profitability as well as the successes scored on the micro-economic level by innovation, the introduction of new financial products and developing use of credit cards, said the certifying body “Maghreb Corporate”, in collaboration with the Bourse de Paris Institute.
In this perspective, "Banque de Tunisie" (BT) has been already distinguished by the International American Magazine "Global Finance" in 2009 and consecrated "Bank of the Year in Tunisia" by "Banker Magazine" of the English press group Financial Times.
Read more- Tunisia.com opens new logo search on Stocklogos.com
- Tunisia launches MasterCard “PayPass”
- Tunisia launches MasterCard “PayPass”
- New Online Company Checking Service
Results of Tunisia’s League 1 Championship
Tunisia’s National League 1 football championship day-10 resumed on Friday, November 20th noting that top match was between Etoile Sportive de Sahel and the Club African which ended 2-2 draw, and these are the results of the games played on Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
Friday:
Espérance de Tunis – J.S.Kairouan 4/0
Saturday:
ES Hammam-Sousse – Stade Tunisien 1/1
Olympique Béja – AS Kasserine 3/1
Sunday :
CS Hammam-lif – CA Bizertin 1/0
ES Sahel – C. Read more- Carthage Eagles want a fourth successive world cup qualification
- The 10th international underwater fishing challenge is taking place in the coral coastal of Tabarka
- The 12th Session of the International Quad Rally, in Douz
- Tunisian football League 1: Day 8 results and standings
Memphis International festival :Tunisia 2010 Honored Country.
Tunisia will participate in the 34th edition of Memphis 2010 International Festival ;
Actually, Tunisia is the third Arab country to take part, as honour guest, in the Memphis 2010 International Festival, after Egypt in 1981 and Morocco in 1999.
The festival has been based on exposing the cultural and artistic heritage of countries picked as honour guest, as part of dialogue of civilizations and cultures.
Part of these activities will be dedicated to Tunisia to showcase the Tunisian culture in all its expressions: heritage, art, music, history and gastronomy to make better known its culture among the population living in the metropolitan region of Memphis. Read more- Sidi Bou S@id has become a digital City
- “Chechia” promotional campaign
- Third World Forum on Music will take place in Tunisia
- Bizerte: Commemoration of 46th Anniversary of Evacuation Day
www.Tunizie.com cancelled
After hearing the whispers the news was confirmed by the Minister of tourism in a press conference on the 29th of April. You can read the full story on the excellent Businessnews.com.tn (in french) http://www.businessnews.com.tn/BN/BN-lirearticle.asp?id=1089717 As you may know I discussed my thoughts on this project before in this blog and before I go on to discuss my thoughts about semi-predictable cancellation of this project I would just like to raise a question that during this fiasco.... Why in Tunisia do businessmen make huge announcements before projects are signed off? I just do not understand it you can be a supporter or a detractor of a project but what is embarrassing in this case is that the project go so much publicity and then not Read more- Making Progress
- Clearer rating system for Tunisian Hotels.
- Eating the childrens lunch!
- Survival of the Fittest?
Carthage Festival 2010
www.festival-carthage.com.tn/
Thursday, July 8: Premiere of''injured''Palms of Abdellatif Ben Ammar (during the year of Cinema)
Friday, July 9: Mejda Erroumi, Lebanon
Monday, July 12: Ballet, Julio Bocca, Argentina
Tuesday, July 13: Mory Kante, Guinea
Thursday, July 15: Fadhel Jaziri, performing''2010''El Hadhra
Friday, July 16: Najet Attia
Saturday, July 17: Johnny Clegg, South Africa
Sunday, July 18:''Show Periplus of amoureux''de Lassaâd Zouari (celebration of the centenary of the birth of Mohamed Jamoussi)
Monday, July 19: Mokdad Sehili
Tuesday, July 20: Nabiha Karaouli
Wednesday, July 21: Raul Paz, Cuba
Thursday, July 22: Hamdani and Dorsaf Jamel Madani Derouich ... Read more- Tunisian Theatre in London: Hobb Story - Instructions for Arab Love
- 7th Med Guitar festival
- Tunisian Cultural Week in London
- Jazz à Carthage
