OECD Competition Assessment Reviews: Tunisia 2023
This review analyses regulatory barriers to competition in the tourism sector in Tunisia, with the goal of helping Tunisian authorities mitigate harm to competition and foster long-lasting growth. This report is based on a competition assessment conducted by the OECD identifying rules and regulations that may hinder the competitive and efficient functioning of markets in the tourism activities under review. This review also includes estimates of how the implementation of certain recommendations could impact the economy. This is the second competition assessment review conducted by the OECD in Tunisia, after a 2019 review of the freight transport sector and of the wholesale and retail trade sectors.
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Sports and recreational services
This chapter provides an overview of some of the most important sports and recreational services in Tunisia, identifies the main restrictions to competition, and provides recommendations. The regulatory framework for some activities, such as operating marinas, is incomplete, with implementing texts missing. For other activities, frameworks are fragmented and various pieces of legislation are not well harmonised. Most of the activities analysed are subject to cumbersome licensing procedures at the local level, conferring significant discretionary power on authorities and deterring market entry. Because of the complex regulatory framework and a lack of co‑ordination between central and local authorities, investment in sports and recreational services is relatively weak, having not exceeded 10% of total tourism investment over the past decade.
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