Passport & Visa
British passport holders do not require a visa to visit Tunisia. Below is a list of countries whose citizens do not require a visa to visit Tunisia if travelling on a package holiday organised by an recognised tour operator:
Algeria, Andorra, Antigua, Argentina, Australia (can be issued on arrival), Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Bosnia Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Dominica, EU Countries, Fiji, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ivory Coast, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kiribati, Libya, Lichtenstein, Macedonia, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritiania, Mauritius, Moldavia, Morocco, Niger, Norway, Oman, Qatar, Romania, Russia, St. Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and Grenadines, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa (can be issued on arrival), South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine, United Kingdom, USA.
If your country is not on this list then you must apply for a tourist visa.
Please note: Visa requirements can change so it is always worth checking with your embassy.
Please note that from October 1st 2014 all foreign visitors to Tunisia will be expected to pay a Tourist tax in the form of a stamp placed on their passports at the time of leaving the country.
This applies to adults and children, one stamp per person, departing from Tunisia on October 1st and later, which means arrivals in September as early as the 15th for 2 weeks are affected by this decision.
This stamp has the value of 30 Tunisian Dinars (approx €13 Euro or £10 Pounds or $19 US Dollar).
The stamp will be available to purchase in Tunisia and paid in Tunisian Dinar at the airport banks and tax offices in town.
This tax was debated for nearly 2 years and was initially going to be collected by hotels on arrival or included in the holiday package in the form of 2 Tunisian Dinars per night of stay but finally the National Assembly voted the law that specifies the tax to be only in the form of a stamp purchased locally by the clients and placed in their passports for the immigration officer to check and stamp at the moment of boarding.
It is therefore important that all clients already booked as well as all new bookings are informed from now that they need to budget this amount before arriving in Tunisia for each person travelling. Our staff will assist locally with giving the right information as to where and how the stamps can be purchased.
Should you require any further clarification please do not hesitate to contact us.
Airport Guides
Tunisia Airports
►Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN)
Tel : (+216) 71 755 000
Fax : (+216) 71 781 460
Airport Data :
•Distance from major town : 8km
•Name of town : Tunis
•Operating hours : 24 hours
•Customs facilities : 24 hours
Passengers Facilities :
•Restaurants : 1
•Banks : BNA-STB-BS-BIAT
•Duty Free Shops : Yes
•Medical facilities
•Car Hire - Taxis – Buses
► Monastir H.Bourguiba Airport (MIR)
Tel : (+216) 73 460 300
Fax : (+216) 73 460 318
Airport Data :
•Distance from major town : 9km
•Name of town : Monastir
•Operating hours : 24 hours
•Customs facilities : 24 hours
Passengers Facilities :
•Restaurants : 1
•Banks : BNA-STB-BS-UBCI
•Duty Free Shops : YES
•Medical facilities
•Car Hire- Taxis – Buses
►Enfidha Airport - Tunisia's New Airport (NBE)
"Enfidha Airport" became operational in November 2009
Tel : (+216) 73 103 000
Fax : (+216) 73 103 033
E-mail : pr.enfidha@tav.aero
Airport Data :
Distance from major town :
•Tunis : 100 km (54 min)
•Hammamet : 48 km (27 min)
•Sousse : 33 km (24 min)
•Monastir : 65 km (36 min)
►Jerba - Zarzis Airport (DJE)
Tel : (+216) 75 650 233
Fax : (+216) 75 650 585
Airport Data :
•Distance from major town : 10 km
•Name of town : Houmt Essouk
•Operating hours : 24 hours
•Customs facilities : 24 hours
Passengers Facilities :
•Restaurants : 1
•Banks : BNA-STB-BS
•Duty Free Shops : YES
•Medical facilities
•Car Hire- Taxis - Buses
►Tozeur-Nefta Airport (TOE)
Tel :(+216) 76 450 342
Fax : (+216) 76 450 402
Airport Data:
•Distance from major town : 4 km
•Name of town : Tozeur
•Operating hours : According to scheduled flight
•Customs facilities : As operating hours
Passengers Facilities :
•Banks : STB
•Duty Free Shops : yes
•Medical facilities
•Car Hire - Taxis - Buses
Currency
►Currency: Tunisian Dinar (TD) = 1000 millimes. Notes are in denominations of TD 50,30, 20, and 10. Coins are in denominations of TD 5, 1, and 500, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 millimes.
►Currency exchange: All banks change money, as do most hotels of two stars and above.
►Credit & Debit Cards: MasterCard and Visa are widely accepted. Check with your credit or debit card company for details of merchant acceptability and other services which may be available. There are ATMs at all airports and in every large town and tourist destination.
►Traveller’s cheques: Readily cashed in banks and the usual authorised establishments.
►Currency restrictions: The import and export of local currency is strictly prohibited. The import of foreign currency is unlimited. The export of foreign currency is limited to the amount imported although re-exchange of local into foreign currency must be only up to 30 per cent of the total imported, up to a maximum of TD100. All currency documentation must be retained.
►Exchange rate indicators
Please check the following web link for more up-to-date currency exchange rates:
Weather
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