The State of Cultural and Recreational Tourism in Tunisia

The tourism sector is considered one of the most important economic sectors and plays a significant role in the development of the economies of many countries owing to its ability to generate foreign currency and provide employment opportunities, not to mention its crucial contribution to the advancement of other economic sectors.Accordingly, numerous countries across the world have accorded great importance.The Tunisian state has formulated strategic plans to develop the tourism sector and increase tourist inflows, relying on the diversification of tourism products, foremost recreational sports activities and traditional cultural activities.This study seeks to examine the role of recreational sports and cultural activities in diversifying tourism products and to shed light on the current state of tourism resources in Tunisia to benefit from this pioneering experience in the field of tourism development.

• cultural tourism
• leisure tourism
• tourism product diversification
• recreational sports
• tourism development
• tourism resources
• Tunisia

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• Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research
• Community-based Tourism Development and Sustainability
• Urbanism, Landscape, and Tourism Studies
• cultural tourism
• leisure tourism
• tourism product diversification
• recreational sports
• tourism development
• tourism resources
• Tunisia
• Sociology and Political Science
• Cultural Studies
• Social Sciences