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Tunisian President Will Launch a Committee to Audit Loans and Grants

A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Facebook page on December 13, 2021 shows President Kais Saied attending a cabinet meeting in the capital Tunis. (AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Facebook page on December 13, 2021 shows President Kais Saied attending a cabinet meeting in the capital Tunis. (AFP)
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Tunisian President Will Launch a Committee to Audit Loans and Grants

A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Facebook page on December 13, 2021 shows President Kais Saied attending a cabinet meeting in the capital Tunis. (AFP)
A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency Facebook page on December 13, 2021 shows President Kais Saied attending a cabinet meeting in the capital Tunis. (AFP)

Tunisian president Kais Saied said on Tuesday he will launch a committee to audit all the loans and grants that Tunisia has obtained in the past years, accusing former officials of corruption and looting of funds.

"Where did the money go? The people's money should go back to the people," Saied said during a meeting with the World Bank official, Farid Belhaj.

Saied added that he knew of a grant worth $500 million that was transferred to accounts abroad and did not enter Tunisia at all.

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Morocco Receives 17.4 Million Tourists in 2024, Up 20% on 2023

FILE PHOTO: People walk outside the Cinema Museum of Ouarzazate, Morocco, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk outside the Cinema Museum of Ouarzazate, Morocco, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File Photo
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Morocco Receives 17.4 Million Tourists in 2024, Up 20% on 2023

FILE PHOTO: People walk outside the Cinema Museum of Ouarzazate, Morocco, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: People walk outside the Cinema Museum of Ouarzazate, Morocco, October 23, 2024. REUTERS/Stelios Misinas/File Photo

Morocco received a record 17.4 million tourists in 2024, up 20% compared with previous year, with Moroccans living abroad accounting for nearly half the total, the tourism ministry said on Thursday.
Tourism accounts for about 7% of the North African country's gross domestic product and is a key source of jobs and foreign currency, Reuters reported.
The number of arrivals this year was two years ahead of target, the ministry said in a statement. It expects Morocco to receive 26 million tourists by 2030, when the country co-hosts the World Cup, together with Spain and Portugal.
Morocco has opened additional air routes to key tourist markets, while promoting new destinations within the country and encouraging the renovation of hotels.
From January to November, tourism revenue rose 7.2% to a record 104 billion dirhams, according to Morocco's foreign exchange regulator.