Tunisia reopened its land, sea and air borders for the first time in more than three months on Saturday after it announced it had brought the coronavirus outbreak under control.
Some operations restarted at Tunis-Carthage airport, with flights to Rome, Geneva and Paris scheduled to depart.
The government ended all restrictions on movement and businesses after Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh said on June 14 that Tunisia had won the battle against the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
However, the pandemic has severely impacted the tourism sector, which contributes nearly 10% of gross domestic product and is a key source of foreign currency.
Tourism revenue in the first five months of 2020 has declined by about 50% compared with the same period in 2019 as hotels and resorts have been left empty as a result of lockdowns and border closures.
Latest figures show that Tunisia has had 1,064 confirmed cases of coronavirus, with 50 deaths.
TunisianMonitorOnline
