Tunisia's tourism revenues on the rise

UPI - Wednesday, December 08, 2004     Date: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 10:22:47 AM EST TUNIS, Tunisia, Dec. 8 (UPI) -- Tunisia's tourism revenues increased by 16.6 percent through November reaching $1.6 billion, an official report said Wednesday. The report said the improvement in the tourism sector boosted Tunisia's foreign currency reserves to 4.6 billion dinars ($3.7 billion) until early December, compared to 3.4 billion dinars ($2.7 billion) in the same period last year. Tourism is a pillar of the Tunisian economy and a main earner of foreign currency reserves. Twelve percent of the country's workforce is employed in the tourism sector.   -- Copyright 2004 by United Press International. All rights reserved. --