Tunisia reopening borders for tourist
Tunisia is officially reopening its borders on June 27, 2020, allowing tourists to enter based on a color-coded system based on risk assessment. Report informs citing the Travel Off Path.
After more than three months with its borders being locked down, Tunisia will reopen its sea, land and air borders to select tourists starting on June 27.
“The National Committee to Combat the COVID-19 decided at its meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh to allow inter-city travel starting June 4 and to reopen land, air, and sea borders on June 27,” Tunisian news agency TAP reported.
The government said it would allow travel between provinces to resume June 4.
Intercity tourism accounts for 20% of all tourist activity in Tunisia.
When this article was first published on June 15, the Tunisian government had released a statement saying after June 27; all nations would be eligible to visit. On June 25, they retracted that statement and put forth a color-coded system showing which countries are now allowed to visit based on risk.