The Minister of Commerce and Export Development expressed her pride in the UAE's organization of international events
Tunisia: "Expo Dubai" is a cosmic event
Tunisia focused in its pavilion at the exhibition on its civilization and wealth of young people.
Photography: Eric Arzas
Fadila Ben Hamza: “The aim of participating in the (Expo) is to introduce Tunisia as a tourist and economic destination that attracts investments.”
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The Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development, Fadila Al-Rabihi bin Hamza, congratulated the UAE for hosting the "Expo 2020 Dubai" exhibition, expressing her pride that an Arab country is organizing such a cosmic event.
Bin Hamza drew attention to facilitating the participation of all countries in the "Dubai Expo", as a pavilion was allocated to each country, unlike previous international exhibitions.
Goal
Ben Hamza explained to "Emirates Today", on the sidelines of Tunisia's National Day activities at the exhibition, that the goal of Tunisia's participation in "Expo 2020 Dubai" is to introduce Tunisia as a tourist, cultural and economic destination, as well as to attract investments, as well as to introduce our economy and the stimulating investment climate, as well as to Pushing the partnership between Tunisian and Emirati businessmen, as well as stimulating Tunisian investment in the Emirates as well.
She added: "In our pavilion, we focused on the depth of the Tunisian civilization, which extends over 3000 years, in the framework of introducing the tourism potentials in Tunisia, stressing that the tourism sector in Tunisia is promising, pointing to this by the slogan of Tunisia's participation in (Expo 2020 Dubai), which is (inspiring youth and a promising future). )».
Ben Hamza continued, "Our youth is our wealth in Tunisia and we count on it. They are young people who are open to the world, capable of technology, innovators and inventors. In this context, we presented many innovative projects in Tunisia during our participation in the exhibition."
the trade exchange
Bin Hamza indicated that the volume of trade exchange between the UAE and Tunisia witnessed a boom in recent years, rising from 370 million dinars (about 470 million dirhams) in 2016 to 700 million dinars (about 894 million dirhams), during the period between January and November of the year. 2021, noting that her country is looking forward to enhancing the volume of trade exchange with the UAE during the coming period, in light of strengthening business partnerships between the two countries.
Economic day
Bin Hamza revealed that a Tunisian-Emirati economic day was organized at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry, with the participation of a high-ranking delegation of Tunisian and Emirati businessmen, noting that many projects and investment opportunities in Tunisia were presented, in addition to the available facilities.
"We hope that the projects and investment opportunities will attract businessmen from the UAE market, and we look forward to investments by Emirati businessmen in Tunisia within the framework of a mutually profitable and fruitful partnership," she said.
Ben Hamza pointed to several projects, including a free trade project in southern Tunisia, a platform for trade and a production market in central Tunisia in Sidi Bouzid, and other projects.
chances
Ben Hamza pointed to the attractive investment opportunities in Tunisia, including the food industry, and the tourism sector, as it needs a real boost and partnership for its development, which was damaged by the global health crisis, as well as the services and manufacturing sector in general, especially the pharmaceutical industries, indicating that the investment law in Tunisia allows free investment. There are also privileges, tax cuts, and many facilities aimed at increasing foreign direct investment in Tunisia.
growth forecast
Ben Hamza stated that within the framework of the recently issued Finance Law, there are expectations that Tunisia will register a growth of 2.6% during the current year, but she stressed: “We aim to exceed this percentage because restoring the growth rate is linked to the return of the sectors to productivity, export and consumption, as they are all engines Encouraging growth for Tunisia, and we hope that Tunisia’s economic growth will reach 3% or more.”
• 894 million dirhams of trade exchange between the UAE and Tunisia during 11 months.
youth creativity
Tunisia will participate in the "Expo 2020 Dubai" exhibition with a two-storey pavilion in the Opportunity District, bearing the slogan "Inspiring Youth... A Promising Future" to highlight the innovations and creativity of Tunisian youth.
The visitor of the pavilion can explore the tourist, historical and cultural sites in Tunisia through promotional films, the experience of wearing the traditional Tunisian dress, and the multi-dimensional short film with advanced technological techniques, where the visitor lives a journey in time that starts from a vision of the future “Tunisia 2050” back to the present. Historic eras, archaeological sites and personalities in Tunisia to end this trip focusing on Tunisian youth.
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Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development, Fadila Rabihi Ben Hamza, said that her country has always participated in various international events, as it was its first participation since 1851 in London until its last participation in the “Shanghai Expo” in China in 2010 and the “Expo Milan” in Italy in 2015.