By RFIPalled on 24-09-2019Modified on 24-09-2019 at 08:11

The tour operator organized this year in Tunisia stays of 100,000 travelers, of which 4,500 are still in the country. The majority of these holidaymakers passed through Enfidha airport, about 100 kilometers from Tunis.

The announced disappearance of Thomas Cook is a shock to Enfidha, where the company of the tour operator is the largest supplier of tourists. A plane chartered by the British government repatriated Monday several dozen of its nationals. Omar, 35, came to enjoy the sun with his girlfriend.

" We were supposed to be on our flight to Manchester two hours ago. Unfortunately it is a smaller plane that has arrived. The lack of communication and the lack of understanding because of the language barrier led to a lot of frustration, "he says.

A feeling shared by Chris, in his twenties, from Cumbria: " We had to have a flight back today. Now we're here and nobody knows what's going on. We stay one more day, we hope they will pay for a few more days in the sun. It's better to take it on the safe side. Everyone screams and screams and nobody knows what's going on or where we're going, and we do not even know who to complain to. "

Thomas Cook works in Tunisia with more than 300 hotels and the unpaid arrears of June and July already amount to tens of millions of euros. So there is a lot of concern right now in the Tunisian tourism sector, because if the bills remained unpaid, thousands of workers would be directly affected and hotels might not recover.

Senegal : Somone

The Royal Horizon Baobab Hotel, located in Somone, on the Petite-Côte, is a long-time partner of the British tour operator. Tourists scheduled to arrive on Monday, September 23, suspended their trip. For those who live tourism in the village, traders and craftsmen, it will now be necessary to do without these European customers.

We had a lot of relationships with Thomas Cook's customers who came from Belgium, England ... They were good customers for us. It will penalize all tourism stakeholders. Maybe other operators will take over

Suspended reservations, canceled trips, the market manager is "very worried"

23-09-2019 - By Charlotte Idrac

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