By Egypt Independent

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Tunisia announced on Sunday that it will offer new visa entry facilities for Egyptian citizens and tourists at its border crossings, according to Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
The Tunisian authorities, through their embassy in Egypt, have limited these facilities to businesspeople, researchers, doctors, and other distinguished professionals, as well as senior government employees and individuals who hold a Schengen or US visa or residency permit.
The new measures will also apply to tourist groups arriving through Tunisian travel agencies, so long as a representative from the agency is present at the airport.
Tunisian authorities will require travel agencies to provide a prior list of names of travelers requesting the visa, along with all the required documents.
These documents include a detailed itinerary up to the date of departure, return tickets that match the hotel booking date, valid passport copies, and proof of the purpose of the visit, the news agency explained.
While there is no official data on the number of Egyptian tourists visiting Tunisia, their presence has been increasing in recent years, along with tourists from the Middle East and the Gulf region – particularly from Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Jordan – whose numbers exceeded 57,000 in 2024.
Algerian and Libyan tourists top the list of Arab arrivals to Tunisia, with a combined total of around 5.7 million tourists out of the approximately 10.3 million total who visited the country in 2024.