A hoover institution essay the story of the tunisian. The pace for democracy since then has been slow, along with economic reforms, as is the case in egypt and libya. The violent dramas of egypt, libya and syria make this clear. A hoover institution essay the story of the tunisian revolution. Despite ongoing reforms, tunisias authoritarian heredity remains evident. Tourism suffered greatly in 2011, due to tunisias social unrest and political turmoil. Tunisia also has a lot of work to do to improve its public security, but tunisians ive. More than 400,000 people out of a total of about 10 million work in tourism. Five years after the revolution, tunisias fragile transition. Tourism is a mainstay of the tunisian economy, with a value of around 2. Government officials are reluctant to announce the measures publicly, but rely on allusions and gradual change. Tunisia and the fall after the arab spring the new yorker. Jan, 2016 on the fifth anniversary of its revolution, tunisia has much to celebrate, many lessons still to learn, and a lot to teach other countries. Tunisia is the only country in the arab world where polygamy is forbidden by law as a part of a provision in the country.
Tourism in tunisia suffered severe blows following the bardo national museum attack and the sousse attack in 2015, but tunisia managed to retrieve its position as one of the top destinations in africa and the mediterranean shortly afterwards, reaching in 2018 numbers exceeding those of 2010 by 6 percent, and a record of 8. Tourism had suffered after the 2011 revolution but in 2015 revenue dropped 35 per cent from a year earlier, according to. Tourism has mostly been of the package, beachresort variety along the countrys sun. May 06, 2011 tunisias revolution broke out on the pavement outside a salmoncoloured building with an iron gate in the impoverished town of sidi bouzid, 260km away from avenue habib bourguiba. Participation in tunisia after the revolution published may 2012. Its understood that tunisias tourism industry really got going in the 1960s and over time, it has become one of the main sources of income for the country. Tunisia one year after the revolution tunisia is facing several problems at different levels. Millions of people flock from all over the world and not only that the country also attracts millions of domestic tourists each and every year.
In 2018, contribution of travel and tourism to gdp % of gdp for tunisia was 15. This has not stopped the spread of social movements. Although the performance of the tourism industry improved slightly in 2012, there is still. With a history of encouraging workers to emigrate to relieve unemployment at home, tunisia now has 11 percent of its population living abroad. Five years after the revolution, tunisias fragile transition still inspires hope. Drafting processes published september 2011, revolution to reform.
However, as eveline brandleouertani reports, hotels, restaurants and traders are still suffering because many europeans consider a trip to tunisia rather unsafe. Tunisia tourism industry faces tough period as thousands. National office of the tunisian tourism ontt republic of tunisia. On december 10, 2015, the nobel peace prize was awarded to the tunisian quartet to support its work to keep the revolution on a democratic track. Recently tunisia has paid a dear price for its revolution. Tunisia after the revolution cafe des delices in sidi bou said, near tunis, used to attract tourists with its view of the water.
The first phase of tunisias dignity revolution, 201020 the tunisian political revolution from early 2011 has been regarded as a positive example of peaceful transformation. But back in the country three months after the first arab revolution, which convulsed tunisia and pushed aside its longtime dictator, i could feel the air of freedom. However, the democratic transition has not necessarily been translated into change on the ground. After several years of deterioration due to the instability that followed the revolution in 2011, tourism in tunisia was seriously affected after the attacks of 2015 against the bardo museum in tunis and a hotel in sousse, which. Nov 19, 2014 the only country to emerge from the arab spring with anything close to a democracy, tunisia has become a beacon of hope for the arab world. The cpe found that in the immediate aftermath of the revolution, the wbg engaged rapidly and intensively in tunisias transition, and the lending pipeline was consolidated and streamlined into the quickdisbursing governance and opportunity go dpl designed to a rapidly address the interim. Jasmine revolution, popular uprising in tunisia that protested against corruption, poverty, and political repression and forced pres. Pdf the rapid fall of the ben ali regime in tunisia on january 14, 2011 has not only sparked a wave of uprisings across the arab region, but has also. A ramsar case study on tourism and wetlands popular site for tourism and recreation.
The signing of the free trade agreement with tunisia before the arab spring is a relevant indicator of the turkish support prior to the revolution. Citizens demanded voice, accountability and opportunity for all, not. The usa, one of tunisias main sponsors after the revolution, is also pushing for reforms, particularly of the judicial system, before it agrees to invest in tunisia. Citizen expectations on the oneyear anniversary of the tunisian uprising published january 2012, womens political participation in tunisia after the revolution published may 2012.
When youre done, you can download your tunisia travel guide to your phone or tablet, or print it as a pdf. The 14 january revolution in tunisia and turkishtunisian relations it has already been more than a year since the first protests of the arab spring sparked a historic series of events, which continue to this day. The description is composed by our digital data assistant. Pdf impact of terrorism and instability on the tourism. Today, after the tunisia s peaceful revolution and the events of the arab spring, tunisian tourism has a big job to do if it is to emerge from the impasse. The stateheavy economic system has barely changed since the revolution, parts of tunisias body of law lag behind the progressive constitution, and security forces have not become fully accountable for ongoing human rights abuses. Powerpoint accompaniment for carolina k12s lesson tunisia. Kairouan, a religious symbol for tunisians and muslims alike, was also the site of. The economy has been badly affected by the legacy of the previous regime, negative growth, very low currency reserves and increasing unemployment. Tunisian revolution is work in progress the surge of uprisings across north africa began in tunisia with the selfimmolation of a desperate college graduate turned street vendor in december 2010. The factors underlying the 2011 revolution that sparked the arab spring have also fueled emigration desires for many tunisians.
The success of the uprising, which came to be known in the media as the jasmine revolution, inspired a wave. Sfax was selected because it is tunisias second largest city with the most industrial activity and largest port. Promises vs performance national democratic institute. To diversify markets, tunisia needs to break its heavy reliance on the sluggish european market and intensively target the expanding african and asian markets. Tunisia contribution of travel and tourism to gdp % of. The people of tunisia, being the trigger of the arab spring, expressed their desire for a better. It achieved its independence led by habib bourguiba, who later became its first president. Tunisia has been an attractive destination for tourists since the beginning of the 1960s. For example, tunisias ministry of tourism reported 70 percent fewer european visitors in 2015 compared to 2014, after widelypublicized attacks. Starting from tunisia, a wave of revolutions now commonly referred to as the arab spring spread to the entire middle east and north africa mena region.
For the first time in its history, tunisia is administered by democratically elected politicians on the basis of a constitution that was the result of a democratic and pluralistic process. Tourists have become rare and they have concentrated in certain areas cluttered with holiday resorts. Impact of terrorism and instability on the tourism industry in egypt and tunisia after revolution conference paper pdf available march 2018 with 2,331 reads how we measure reads. May 28, 2018 after several years of deterioration due to the instability that followed the revolution in 2011, tourism in tunisia was seriously affected after the attacks of 2015 against the bardo museum in tunis and a hotel in sousse, which had caused 60 deaths including 59 foreign tourists. Tunisia demonstrated one year ago that citizens voice matters. Postrevolution, tunisia has made remarkable progress in the normative and legislative area. Tunisias economic challenges activity through fiscal and financial incentives, most of the other measures. As a result, the paper provides a critical analysis of the making of the tunisian revolution by investigating the key factors that maintained stability, and. It is a national park, a ramsar site, a biosphere reserve mab, and a. This country profile explores historical and current trends in tunisia from colonial settlement to the. All you have to do is select the type of places youd like to include restaurants, museums, etc. Tunisian democracy at a crossroads brookings institution. The tunisia study was led by zack brisson and kate krontiris of the social impact consultancy reboot.
This country profile explores historical and current trends in tunisia from colonial settlement to the aftermath of the arab. Tunisia tourism industry faces tough period as thousands leave after attack. Tourism in tunisia its understood that tunisias tourism industry really got going in the 1960s and over time, it has become one of the main sources of income for the country. The economy, which the government had most urgently wanted to improve, is still stagnating. Once these reports are finalized in the coming months, infodev hopes to. To overcome the third challenge of increasing income inequality, tunisia. Tourism in tunisia is an industry that generates around 9. Jun 29, 2015 tourism has been a slowgrowing industry for tunisias fledgling democracy, and took a hit after a deadly attack on the bardo museum in tunis in march. Many positive initiatives have resulted in new policies, which aim at improving the labour market situation for example. Jihadisalafism was not a new phenomenon in tunisia at the time of the revolution, but it had been repressed and largely dormant for most of the prior decade despite highprofile attacks in 2002 and 2006. A year after the revolutions end, i took advantage of tunisias welldeveloped tourism infrastructure abundant hotels, clean restaurants and generally effective transportation. Before the january 14 jasmine revolution, tunisia was neither an economic. Medenine, one of tunisias southern governorates, shares a border with libya and.
Tourism, one of tunisias major industries, dropped by nearly fifty per cent after june 26th last year, when, on a beach near the resort town of sousse, a twentythreeyearold student and break. Jan 14, 2016 the 2011 revolution fundamentally changed the rules of the political game in tunisia, and while it remains a source of contention and conflict, this achievement is irreversible. Chinese and russian visitors boost tourism in tunisia. Though tunisia contribution of travel and tourism to gdp % of gdp fluctuated substantially in recent years, it tended to decrease through 1999 2018 period ending at 15. Tunisia was colonized by france from 1881 until 1956. Womens political participation in tunisia after the revolution findings from focus groups in tunisia conducted february 1728, 2012 by gabriella borovsky and asma ben yahia may 2012 national democratic institute. Tunisias national commission to investigate corruption and embezzlement, created shortly after the revolution to investigate corruption under ben ali and recover stolen funds and assets, discovered billions of dollars housed in shell companies and foreign bank accounts held by trabelsi family members and their close associates. A hoover institution essay the story of the tunisian revolution samuel tadros as the year 2010 was coming to a close, the worlds gaze had shifted away from the arabicspeaking world and its sorrows following a decade of close attention.
Beyond averting political crisis, civil society continues its work. This paper aims to investigate tourism industry that has been impacted by revolution in egypt and jasmine revolution in tunisia. According to government figures, local unemployment stood at 20. In their absence, other world problems would take center stage, from the ramifications of the. Still, the dignity revolution in tunisia was probably more violent than is often assumed. Conducted february 1728, 2012 national democratic institute. Since the revolution in tunisia in january 2011, package tourism has recovered a bit. The political transition that took place after the ousting of authoritarian president ben ali in 2011 was marked. The narrative of the tunisian transition from authoritarian rule to democracy has been depicted in much scholarly work as an unequivocal success story see e. Tunisias jasmine revolution international programs.
Siliana, a governorate in tunisias historically underrepresented northwest region, had one of the most diverse election results in the 2011 elections. But elections arent everything, and not everyone has. Upheaval in the region and tunisias own fitful democratic transition make it easy to adopt a pessimistic view of the future. Five years after the tunisian revolution, political frustration doesnt diminish progress. His research interest focuses on general problems of development in the arab world with a specific interest in tourism along the north african littoral. Revolution, policymakers need to seize this historic opportunity to take a fresh look at how the countrys economic strategy can seek to overcome four key challenges. International reactions to the tunisian revolution wikipedia. Postrevolution tunisia was included in the study because of its ability to complement the more traditional postconflict case studies infodev has commissioned for afghanistan, liberia, rwanda, sri lanka and timor leste. Ben alis security forces jailed thousands of suspected jihadisalafists along with other dissidents and political islamists, including. The only country to emerge from the arab spring with anything close to a democracy, tunisia has become a beacon of hope for the arab world. Tunisian revolution is work in progress yaleglobal online.
Development that is much more dramatic could have taken place. This study was was made possible by the generous support of ukaid. Nevertheless, there is a growing body of literature on environmental issues in these countries goodman and redclift 1991. Tourism in tunisia from its inception as a coherent development strategy in 1962, tour ism in tunisia has been designed to appeal to a mass market focused around the package tour concept. The impacts of terrorism on tourism in the eu bachelor thesis for obtaining the degree bachelor of business administration in tourism and hospitality management submitted to lidijalalicic, ph. No other englishlanguage study of tunisia offers as sweeping a time frame or as comprehensive a history of this nation.