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Tunis
Air, the national carrier of Tunisia will commence operations
of its flights to Dubai from December, this year. The airline
has also put forward a proposal to Indian Airlines and Air-India
to carry forward its India bound passengers from Dubai to
India and reciprocally, has offered to carry their passengers
out of Dubai to London and Europe giving them a free stopover
in Tunis.
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high-level Tunisian tourism delegation was recently in New
Delhi to have wide ranging talks with officials of the two
national carriers. However, the response was encouraging and
the delegation hopes that something positive will come about.
This decision was announced by the Tunisian delegation comprising
Seifallah Larsam, CEO-DG-Tunisian National Tourism Board,
Mohamad Mzah, vice-president and DG external relations - Tunis
Air and Donia Jemaiel, manager - marketing department, Tunisian
National Tourism Board at a reception hosted jointly by the
ASSOCHAM and the Confederation of Tourism Professionals in
New Delhi.
Tunisian Ambassador HE Elyes Kasri said, “The initiative
to explore the Indian market in the field of aviation and
tourism was a political decision based on economic realities.
Both countries, which came closer to each other since the
launching of the Non Alignment Movement were committed to
working together for peace and security in the world.”
Subhash Goyal, chairman of the ASSOCHAM’s Committee on
aviation and tourism and president of the Confederation of
Tourism Professionals, further added that the initiative taken
by Tunisia to promote aviation and tourism between the two
countries would be mutually beneficial. There is much for
India to learn from Tunisa, which had made tourism an instrument
for economic development and eradication of poverty.
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