The UK government pledged to create a fund to regulate the tour operator's debts with Tunisian hotels
On Tuesday afternoon, it was business as usual at the Le Sultan hotel in the laid-back resort town of Hammamet, south of Tunis. A few guests crossed the hotel hall, others stopped by and chatted in a rather tranquil setting.
While acknowledging the unpleasant inconvenience, the director said that they did not hold specific information about what may be the plans for Belgian Thomas Cook customers in Tunisia in the coming days. “The summer months are crucial in helping our hotels to survive the rest of the year,” he pointed out. “In this period, we’ve spent massively for these customers by providing accommodation, food and other regular services without seeing a single payment”.
Some 4,500 British tourists out of 10,000 customers residing in Tunisia have been concerned by the bankruptcy. Quoting figures provided by the tourism ministry, she said that Tunisia this year received 220,000 tourists via the British tour operator, coming from several European countries, half of them from England.
The Ministry of Tourism called for an exceptional cabinet meeting to discuss ways to help Tunisian hotels hit by the bankruptcy of the tour operator, including the possibility of setting up a credit line for them, awaiting their repayment by the UK. The other pressing matter for the FTH is the activation of Tunisia-EU “open skies” agreement which would open Tunisia’s airspace to low-cost flights from European airlines, yet it has not been ratified by either side.
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