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16 Mar 2020

Tunisia: Low-paid and insecure workers in the tourism industry face the risk of jobs losses amid coronavirus blight

"Tunisian beach resorts face up to coronavirus blight", March 15th 2020

In another blow to the tourist trade, Tunisia has announced it will require everyone arriving from abroad to self-isolate for two weeks.Low-paid and insecure workers in Tunisia's tourism sector are seeing incomes dry up as visitors cancel holidays due to COVID-19. Tourism accounts for nearly a tenth of Tunisia's economy, is its second-biggest employer after agriculture and provides an important source of foreign currency...