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There is an excellent article in the Washington Post newspaper (America's quality newspaper of record) discussing food supply problems in Tunisia that have arisen as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.

The Washington Post has a paywall, but if you clear your browser cache you can usually read one or two stories before the paywall kicks in. If you are thinking of going to Tunisia this year, this story is a "must read:.

Here's the link: Tunisia among countries seeing major economic consequences from war in Ukraine.

I'm not trying to crap on Tunisia, but I would have very serious concerns about going there this summer. Between the general malaise caused by the suspension of normal governance in the country, and now the effect of food shortages, there is great potential for civil unrest.

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There is an excellent article in the Washington Post newspaper (America's quality newspaper of record) discussing food supply problems in Tunisia that have arisen as a result of the conflict in Ukraine.

I'm not trying to crap on Tunisia, but I would have very serious concerns about going there this summer. Between the general malaise caused by the suspension of normal governance in the country, and now the effect of food shortages, there is great potential for civil unrest.
Thank you Michael for the link. I was unable to read the article but found other articles from other news agencies that discussed the hoarding of food not helping the situation. Tunisia is not looking promising for tourism…
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...Tunisia is not looking promising for tourism…
Agreed. This is very unfortunate, because it is a pleasant country with nice people and interesting geography.

I am afraid, though, that the country is heading for hard times during the next 3 to 5 years. I can't see any way out of the current food crisis as long as the conflict in Ukraine persists (not a political issue, but simply a logistical one, because Ukraine was a major food supplier to Tunisia), and the food crisis is going to aggravate the already quite serious domestic political problems in Tunisia.

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That's a big lie i can say, especially the picture showing a queue of people waiting to buy bread, as this was shot during the month of Ramadan, and in Tunisia we are used to big queue on front of any bakery during the month of Ramadan as must people are used to eat meals with bread.

This is a big shame for such a big name like washingtonpost, i don't see any supply problem as of today due to the war in Ukraine.

I do know very well that Tunisia has a long run to improve for tourism and first is the infrastructure but not as it's being shown in western media.

Almost 90% of the hotels are fully booked for the easter holiday, why would they if the country has supply problem ?
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Thank you for the first-hand information. There is a saying that goes like this: “If you don’t watch the news, you are uniformed. If you do watch the news, you are misinformed.”
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I’m currently in Tunisia riding around, solo. Been here a couple of days, everything seems fine.. people walking around with full plastic bags of baguettes, and I’ve had my share at brecky and dinner. I saw a demostration in Tunis (hotel clerk said it was for higher salries), but I heard they are common in Tunisia.
I got here with Grimaldi, didn’t have a ”voucher”. They asked for it, but I just showed my booking-reservations and my return-ticket, and they let me pass. Didn’t know there might have been problems, got lucky I guess.
But everything seems fine, and my embassy here said I’m gonna have a nice holiday
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I’m currently in Tunisia riding around, solo. Been here a couple of days, everything seems fine.. people walking around with full plastic bags of baguettes, and I’ve had my share at brecky and dinner. I saw a demostration in Tunis (hotel clerk said it was for higher salries), but I heard they are common in Tunisia. I got here with Grimaldi, didn’t have a ”voucher”. They asked for it, but I just showed my booking-reservations and my return-ticket, and they let me pass. Didn’t know there might have been problems, got lucky I guess. But everything seems fine, and my embassy here said I’m gonna have a nice holiday
Thanks for the info. We’ll do our best to get all the paperwork and hope that the entry process is not too difficult.
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I’m now in southern Tunisia. It’s an awesome place to ride around.. really have to suggest riding down south to the Sahara and see (and ride) the desert, if that’s something one haven’t done. Tunisia has lovely people, and you get much more bang for your buck than in western europe, and ten times the adventure. Haven’t been to Marocco, so cannot compare. But I’ve ridden in all european countries (except Iceland, Spain and Portugal), and I’m very happy I’m here.
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