The 22,258 Swiss were more than one-third of the total. Six new thalassotherapy centres are under construction and three more are planned. The 21st International Thalassotherapy Congress was held in Hammamet in February last year, one of a number of conferences which brought in a total of 15,000 incentive and congress visitors last year. Golf holidays are also increasingly popular, in part because of the climate, in part because of the quality of the golf courses and in part because green fees are competitive. They range from EUR23 to EUR40.
Golf is most popular with German visitors.
The total number of green fees paid by Germans last year was 97,969, up from 85,143 the previous year. Austria bucked the trend with a 44.5 per cent drop to 19,791. Two new golf courses are under construction and three more are planned. One of the new courses is in the Tozeur oasis. Another will be near Carthage.