Some tourists are reoriented from Turkey to Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and even Tunisia. This is due to high prices. Not everyone is ready to pay $ 2 500 - $ 3 850 for 7 nights at those Turkish hotels that used to cost 1,5–2 times cheaper.

The start of sales of tours to Tunisia in the summer season 2023 was announced by the domestic tour operator Anex Tour. The opening of sales is scheduled for direct flights of Aeroflot from May 30. The flight program will last the entire summer season and until October 26, 2023.

Tour operators can already book tours to Tunisia for the summer of 2023 on Aeroflot direct flights. Aeroflot's flight program from Moscow to Enfidha Airport starts on May 30 with a frequency of 3 times a week.

Tunisia is waiting for Russian tourists in the winter season, and by the next summer season the country hopes to expand its flight program with Russian tour operators.

Tour operators report an increase of demand for holidays in Tunisia after the release of information about the abolition of covid restrictions on entry.

Direct flights to Tunisia from Moscow and St. Petersburg to be resumed in August. According to Vnukovo airport, from August 19, the Tunisian airline Nouvelair resumes flights to Monastir.

Tunisia does not intend to refuse Russian tourists and is ready to accept them if Russia solves the situation with air traffic.

Package tours to Tunisia have already appeared in the sale of Russian tour operators.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia has published a memo with the rules of entry for tourists to countries, air traffic with which Russia will restore in November.

From November 9, the Operational Headquarters removes all restrictions on regular and charter flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. Also, restrictions on air traffic with Austria, Switzerland, Finland and the United Arab Emirates were lifted. New destinations opened, including Thailand and Tunisia.

By now the diplomatic and aviation departments of Russia and Tunisia have come to an agreement on the need to restore air communication between the two countries on a reciprocal basis.

Tunisia is open to Russians, and from April 19 the conditions for entry of group tourists from Russia will be simplified.

Before the opening of borders for foreign tourists, the Tunisian government has classified countries according to the level the spread of coronavirus. As for Russia, the country remains closed for an indefinite period.

Tunisia will be ready to host foreign tourists, including Russian, from the end of June. At the same time, the Ministry introduced “the Ready and Safe label” for hotels and tourist facilities, which must receive it to resume operation.

In 2018 599 thousand guests from Russia had a holiday in Tunisia, in 2019 their number was already 633 000 - an increase is of almost 6%. Against this background, tour operators have already informed about the expansion of flight programs.

The demand for holidays in Tunisia among organized Russian tourists increased in 2019, and for some travel agencies, the destination accounts up to 20% of total sales.

Around 632 000 Russian holidaymakers have visited Tunisia in the first eleven months of 2019, a 5% increase in numbers from last year. Russia ranks second in the number of tourists visiting Tunisia.

The tourist flow from Russia to Tunisia will be about 635 thousand people, which is 5% more than last year. The Tunisian authorities intend to make the country a year-round destination.

Since April 29, 2020, Nordwind Airlines starts charter flights from Kaluga airport to Antalya (Turkey) and from May 23, 2020 to Heraklion (Greece) and Monastir (Tunisia).

Last summer, Tunisia retained the title of one of the most popular beach destinations among Russian tourists. For several years, the resorts of the Republic have positioned themselves as year-round ones.

ATOR has announced preliminary results of 2019 based on the statistics for the three quarters of this year.

Over the past few years the demand for Tunisia has tripled. By the way, at the moment, travelers visit the Republic not only in the summer season, but also in winter time.

In January-June 2019, citizens of the Russian Federation made 21 212 095 trips abroad. This is 6.67% more than in the same period of the last year. Turkey became the leader of outbound tourism, Italy is growing rapidly and tourist flow to Thailand has slightly decreased.

The tourist authorities of Tunisia and the Russian tour operators have confirmed the stability of the Russian tourist flow to the resorts of the country. By the results of 2019, the North African country hopes to increase the number of Russian arrivals. According to the Ministry of Tourism of Tunisia, over the first half of the year, the country hosted 3.8 million foreign tourists, which is 17% more than in the same period of 2018.