A joint working team between the ministry of Tourism and the Ministry of Cultural Affairs was created. It will be tasked with developing joint programmes and projects between the two ministries, said Tourism Minister Mohamed Moez Belhassine. This team is expected to hold a meeting every week to monitor the implementation of projects and provide solutions to any difficulties they might encounter. During a working session held in Tunis, Tourism Minister Mohamed Moez Belhassine and Cultural Affairs Minister Hayet Ketat Guermazi said that they will jointly organize a tourism event in 2024, in coordination in their efforts to promote the Tunisian destination. In a statement issued by the Tourism Ministry, the two parties discussed preparations for the establishment of a National Handicrafts Museum. They also expressed readiness to develop a joint communication strategy so as to identify the two ministries' programme of action in the field of cultural tourism. The two ministers also stressed the need to promot e tourism, culture, handicrafts and heritage. They agreed to increase participatory action for the development of tourist routes such as the «UNESCO Heritage Route», the «Cinema Route» and the «Tunisia Culinary Route», as well as the valorization of handicrafts, intangible heritage and professions linked to heritage. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse