Tourist activity in the governorate of Sousse recorded, during the period between January 1 and May 10, 2022, a remarkable increase in the number of arrivals, overnight stays and the occupancy rate of hotel units compared to the same period last year.
Indeed since the beginning of the current year, the number of tourists who have visited the Sousse-Kantaoui tourist area has reached 169,610 people once morest only 69,780 a year earlier, an increase of more than 143%, according to figures. provided by the regional tourism commission in Sousse.
The region has also experienced an evolution of nearly 188% in terms of the number of overnight stays, which have increased to 400,633 overnight stays since the beginning of the year once morest 139,272 during the same period of the previous year, indicated to the Agence TA, the regional delegate for tourism in Sousse, Taoufik Gaied.
He added that several indicators confirm the strong comeback of the Tunisian tourist destination following the slowdown in the global tourism market due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The same source underlined, in this sense, the need to encourage the creation of new types of accommodation such as hostels and residences and guest houses in a natural environment, calling for facilitating the connection of the airport to Enfidha-Hammamet with the rest of the governorates via the metro and individual and collective taxis.
