Currency

Tunisian Dinar (TND)

International Phone Code

+ 216

Local Time

UTC/GMT + 1

Courier Services

DHL
Tel: +216 71 889989, Fax: 889580
Federal Express
Tel: +216 71 888986, Fax: 870650
TNT Worldwide Express
Tel: 35 148 144814, Fax: 35 148 144917

International airports

Carthage, Tunis
8 km from city centre, transfer by taxi or airport coach which departs every 15 mins, travel time 10 mins. Tel: 754000/755000
Latest check-in time: 60 mins. Note: Tunisian currency is not valid in the duty-free shops.

Visa Requirements

Visa Requirements
Not required by EC citizens, or nationals of Gulf countries and Algeria, Antigua, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Rep, Fiji, Finland, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Hong Kong, Iceland, Japan, Libya, Malaysia, Liechtenstein, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Monaco, Morocco, Niger, Norway, Romania, Senegal, Seychelles, Solomon Islands, Rep of Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and USA for stays of up to 3 months.

Main ports

Bizerte, Gabes, La Goulette, Sfax, Sousse, Tunis

Customs Regulations

400 cigarettes or 100 cigars or 500g tobacco;
1 litre of spirits and 2 litres of wine

Public Holidays

 

New Year’s Day

1 Jan

 

Revolution Day

18 Jan

*

Eid Al Kebir

21 Jan (3 days)

*

Islamic New Year

21 Feb

 

Independence Day

20 Mar

 

Youth Day

21 Mar

 

Martyrs’ Day

9 Apr

*

Prophet’s Birthday

21 April

  Labour Day 1 May
  Republic Day 25 Jul
  Women’s Day 13 Aug
  Celebration of 1934 3 Sep
  Evacuation Day 15 Oct
*
 Eid Al Fitr 3 Nov (2 days)
  Commemoration Day 7 Nov

*

Holidays marked with an asterisk are Islamic holiday dates. 

Other info

Our services extend to all the ports of the country. In case the port of interest is not included in the above list, please feel free to contact us