Now UAE Provides Visa on Arrival for Gulf Residents
- Residents of Gulf countries will be entitled to an entry visa upon their arrival at a Tunisian airport
- Minister of Tourism and Handicraft Selma Elloumi Rekik announced the new rule at a workshop, the Tunisian-Arab Tourism Investment Forum
- Any resident of Gulf countries can have a visa for Tunisia as soon as they present a residence card in one of the Gulf countries
- This decision, coordinated between the Ministries of Tourism and Interior, aims to facilitate the entry of Gulf countries’ foreign residents in Tunisia
- Tunisia is a country in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea and Sahara Desert
- The word Tunisia is derived from Tunis; a central urban hub and the capital of modern-day Tunisia
- Tourism in Tunisia is an industry that generates around 7 million arrivals per year, which makes the country among the ones that attract the most tourists in Africa
- The tourism sector now represents 6.5% of Tunisia’s GDP and provides 340,000 jobs of which 85,000 are direct jobs
- A direct flight from UAE to Tunisia is around 5 hours and 30 minutes in duration, covering a distance of approximately 4450 kilometres