L’évolution du système touristique en Tunisie. Perspectives de gouvernance en contexte de crise

The seaside tourism of Tunisia, which started with a few limited area parallel to the shoreline, has evolved through several ‘concepts’ of tourist development. Since the country’s independence in 1956, the Tunisian state has been a key player in tourism development. Moreover, since the 1970s, it doe...

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Main Author: Mohamed Hellal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2020-12-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/19397
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Summary:The seaside tourism of Tunisia, which started with a few limited area parallel to the shoreline, has evolved through several ‘concepts’ of tourist development. Since the country’s independence in 1956, the Tunisian state has been a key player in tourism development. Moreover, since the 1970s, it does not stop, to disengage to encourage private developers to take over. In the face of the crisis, in a period when the state should have reviewed its lack of engagement in the tourism investment, especially after the failings in the governance of the Yasmine Hammamet, public authorities continue to privatize the tourist development, the flight forward to give in concession of whole resorts to private.
ISSN:1779-0980
1961-859X