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Tunisia is a country that has promoted its assets well. It has developed facilities for tourism and is now one of the premier destinations in Africa for holidaying Europeans with year-round sunshine, excellent hotels and beaches, fine golf courses and first-class service.

The country contains a large proportion of the Sahara Desert but even this is an asset to tourism.

 

Tunisia may be reached by travelling to one of six international airports around the country: Tunis-Carthage (8km from the capital Tunis), Jerba–Zarzis Airport, Monastir H. Bourguiba Airport, Sfax–Thyna Airport, Tozeur–Nefta Airport or 7 Novembre–Tabarka Airport. All of these airports are fairly small with limited facilities for the sophisticated air traveller.

In 2004 the Tunisian government decided that a new airport should be built on a 6,500ha site at Enfidha – a state-of-the-art international airport complex with first-class shopping, restaurants, entertainment facilities and service for the airlines and passengers. More importantly the airport was to be situated at Enfidha, to the north east of the country about 80km south of the capital Tunis but in the middle of a major tourist region.

IATA CODE: NBE

New Airport Development Project from Scratch  
Commencement Date: Jun-07
Completion Date: Oct-09
   
Facts & Figures  
Terminal Design Capacity: (passengers per year) 5,000,000
Terminal Building Area:  130,000M2
Passenger Boarding Bridges:  18
Remote Boarding Gates: 14
Total Construction Period:  (months) 28

 

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