Tunisia Sun Beach and culture heritage Tourism

The new authority wants to give more prominence to cultural tourism.

Phoenicians, Romans, Jews and Arabs are some of the people who settled on its shores over the centuries.

Tunisia belonged to Spain during the reign of Charles V.

The democratic revolution that has lived Tunisia wants to change a lot, also their tourism. Its tourism administration has decided to give greater prominence to the cultural and historical tourism in the country and consolidated with the classic 'sun and beach'. The goal, according to the National Tourist Office of Tunisia (ONTT), is to make known his identity after the passage of numerous civilizations throughout history.

A new approach

Tunisia is the smallest country in North Africa, located between the Atlas and the Mediterranean Sea. Approximately 40% of the country is composed of the Sahara Desert, also has 1,300 km of coastline .

It is a cultural destination to discover for the majority of Europeans after the victory of the democratic process in Tunisia in the last elections of October 23 has been a shift in focus of the tourism industry of the country trying to get travelers to this region echo of the importance it has had in the past centuries. "The country is their latest news as a destination for sun and sand settled, but above all as a cultural destination yet to be discovered for the majority of European visitors, "says ONTT . Its strategic location in the Mediterranean and the many civilizations that have occupied (including the Spanish during the reign of Charles V) are configured as either a mestizo country .

A Mediterranean culture and meztiza

Culturally, the Tunisians are a fairly liberal nation . Throughout history there have been frequent exchanges with the rest of the Mediterranean peoples. Art has been very influenced by the cultural mix of the country.

Tunisia passed by the Phoenicians, Romans, Jews, Arabs, and even Spanish Phoenicians, Romans, Jews and Arabs are some of the people who settled in the north coast and in the south, in the desert. These people were added, later, Muslims in Spain and Ottoman Turks. He was also part of the Spanish crown during the reign of Charles V. Thus, in Tunisia find arts and heritage of different styles, from the contributions of the Carthaginians and Romans to the alpine houses with red tiles of Ain Draham, Islamic architecture of the Arab medinas and underground dwellings of the Berbers to the south.