TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s remittances from workers abroad rose by 17% in the first quarter of 2022 compared with the same period of 2021 to reach 1.73 billion Tunisian dinars ($582 million), central bank figures showed on Tuesday.
Remittances in all of 2021 reached a record 7.5 billion dinars.
Tourism revenues rose to 545 million dinars from 368 million dinars in the first quarter last year.
(Reporting By Tarek Amara; Editing by Hugh Lawson)
