The interest of Russian tourists towards Tunisia is constantly growing. In 2000 this African country was visited by 21 thousand citizens of Russia. 2006 saw an increase to 110 thousands. In the past year Tunisia received 140 thousand Russians, and the total volume of tourist traffic into this country equaled 6.6 million. Taking into account the yearly increase by 25%, in 2008 Tunisia expects 170 thousand tourists from Russia.
According to the forecasts of the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) travel and tourism industry is to experience a significant growth in the Asia Pacific region, with revenues up to US$4.6 trillion and about 500 million visitors by the end of 2010. These figures alongside the anticipated growth rate of nearly 8% are given in the PATA Asia Pacific Tourism Forecasts 2008-2010′.John Koldowski, Director of PATA Strategic Intelligence center states that two-thirds of all tourist visits to Asia Pacific are accounted for by arrivals from within the region. Although Asian markets will experience a slowdown caused by the US credit crunch, their medium-term prospects are very strong and with anticipated growth rates by far outreaching the world average.
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