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🇹🇳 Use CautionIs Tunisia Safe for First-Time Travelers?
Safety Scores / Tunisia
Travel verdict: See the scores below. The scores and risks below say why.
Safety Scores
Key Risks
- Terrorism risk, particularly near Algerian and Libyan borders
- Pickpocketing and scams in tourist areas
- Avoid border regions with Algeria and Libya
Stay in well-touristed coastal areas; avoid southern and border regions
Hepatitis A and typhoid vaccines recommended; medical care adequate in Tunis
Tunisian Dinar only; currency export restricted; spend or exchange before leaving
Emergency: 197
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