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Tunisia Bets on Tourism, Renewable Energy Amid Economic Stress

The Ariana district in Tunis, Tunisia.
Photographer: Chedly Ben Ibrahim/Bloomberg

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By Souhail Karam

October 14, 2023 at 2:52 PM UTC

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Tunisia, which is awaiting approval for a $1.9 billion International Monetary Fund funding program, said it hopes to weather a worsening economic crisis with the help of earnings from tourism and renewable energy.