Tunisia's income increases due to tourism

Figures published by the Tunisian central bank showed that Tunisia's income of foreign currencies from tourism during the first five months of this year reached 603 million dinars ($503 million), an increase from 551 million dinars over the same period of last year.

The Tunisian Ministry of Tourism said the number of visitors to Tunis during the first quarter of the year reached 1.147 million, an increase of 31.7% over the same period of 1998.

The ministry added that the number of tourist nights in hotels will till June 7 increase by 137% to 11.48 million tourist nights in comparison to 10.1 million nights in 1998.

Tunis' income from tourism in 1998 was estimated at nearly 1.706 billion dinars, an increase of 141 million dinars over 1997.