Tunisia hosts food festival to promote local tourism

STORY: Tunisia hosts food festival to promote local tourism DATELINE: Feb. 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Tunis CATEGORY: ECONOMY/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: various of food festivalvarious of beach STORYLINE: Tunisia held a food festival on Friday in the town of Gammarth, west of Tunis, to promote local tourism. Tunisia, located in north Africa, is a Mediterranean country and its traditional food combines the characteristics of Arabic, Italian and Spanish cuisines. The organizers hoped to promote tourism through the food festival by attracting both domestic and foreign guests. The Tunisian government estimated that the number of tourists will further increase in 2023 and is expected to reach about 7.5 million. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Tunis. (XHTV)