Tunisia in Africa is a different face of a Muslim country, a small country with a small population and low prices
As a Muslim country unlike any other, Tunisia is home to more than 5 million foreign tourists, despite its small size (about 163,000 square kilometres).
Tunisian guided tours are a bit of a "Versailles": Tunisia is located in northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, with a French colonial history, rich agricultural resources, and 8 world cultural heritage sites, which make it a tourist destination. The most important thing is that the ** here is very stable, even surpassing the Algeria next door, as well as the "Internet celebrity" Morocco.
In order to convince me, the tour guide showed me the latest Tunisian official "Reference Table for Foreign Tourists" and took me to three shopping malls for verification.
It's the first time I've seen such a meticulous and thoughtful price, even though it's a little higher than the real ** of the locals, but with this watch in hand, tourists will be more confident when they are cheated, and it's no surprise that tourism in Tunisia is growing every year.
In terms of official pricing, only a few products are sold at a higher price than in China, and the others are lower than in China's third- and fourth-tier cities, such as an average restaurant at 17 yuan, milk at 3 yuan, and 12 eggs at 72 yuan, beef 33 yuan, 5 yuan a liter, a liter of 5 yuan gasoline is not a cheap commodity, but the starting price of a taxi is the lowest, within three kilometers (5 kilometers), 1$2, after exceeding, $1 per mile$6.
What's even more surprising is that in the urban area, the rent of an 85-square-meter house is only 1600 per month, while in the CBD suburbs, it is only 1200 a month, why is the rent so cheap?
The tour guide explained that there are thousands of hotels in Tunisia, even in the desert, there are thousands of wandering hotels, and over the years, due to strict control, the rent of a square meter in the center of the city is about 800 US dollars, and in some remote places, it is even less than 600 US dollars. Because the houses here are too expensive, the rent here is not expensive, and the rent in the suburbs is cheaper, so Tunisia is popular with European and American travelers, because they are not financially well-off, so they rent a house.
The ancient city of Medina, Tunisia, whose official slogan is "The Ancient City of Islam", has more than 700 historical sites, including palaces, mosques, mausoleums, fountains and others. But in fact, the word "medina" in Arabic means not only a small town, but also an open market, and Tunisia has been an important commercial center in Europe and Africa for nearly a thousand years, so many historians tend to understand Tunisian medina as the latter, after all, Medina is still full of markets.
From three o'clock in the morning every day, farmers from nearby villages will flock to hundreds of markets in the old city, where there are no stall fees, and there is no need to pay taxes on what is produced, as long as you can leave before seven o'clock in the morning, this is the market in the medina, where prices are very cheap and fresh, all kinds of seasonal fruits are available, and the ** in the old city is generally sixty percent lower than the market price in the supermarket.
If you don't go, you have to go to the four markets in the old town, the east side of which sells dried fruits and spices such as dates, olives, pistachios, and Muslim foods such as cardamom, cinnamon, saffron, musk, etc.
The bazaar in the south mainly sells vegetables and fruits, usually more than two meters high "vegetable stacks", the stall owner is next to it, and the price board is placed on it, customers can choose by themselves, or they can use the bag to put their own things into the scale, the stall owner will not touch the bag at all, he is only responsible for paying and weighing.
The bazaar in the north, also known as the "food street", from the end of the street to the end of the street, about 3,000 meters, is filled with famous African foods (most of them are pastries), a combination of Turkish and French bread, Tajik biscuits are improved fried biscuits, which are cheap and can fill the stomach, not to mention the out-of-town guests, even the locals are happy to eat here, and it takes more than a hundred minutes to walk to fill the stomach.
In the western bazaars, there are only seafood, five or six ports are western, and the Mediterranean Sea has very strict control over the fishing season and the sea, Tunisian ships have to rotate to go to the sea to fish, each port of call is different, if you want to find the cheapest and freshest seafood, you have to go through the locals.
In the past, I always thought that Tunisia olives and pomegranates were very famous, but now the most famous is Tunisia's green crab, in the peak season, a large basket of crabs with a basket is only 20 yuan. For the convenience of travellers, there are large restaurant kitchens in each port, where guests can bring their own ingredients and cook their own meals (£1 0$3), the craftsmanship is not very good, but the taste is okay. Remember, be sure to discuss how to do it beforehand, otherwise it's a whole lot of dishes, like today's spaghetti, tomatoes, peppers, clams, and luckily not in the orchid crab and sea fish.
National dish - Kusgu.
Chickpea cheese dessert.
Overall, Tunisian food is more varied, richer in colour and richer in taste, with both Mediterranean and Berber flavours, the most popular being Tunisia's famous Couscous, which is divided into meat, meat, fish, fish, and at the bottom is a fillet of fish topped with boiled wheat flour, eaten with chickpeas, carrots, seafood sauce, and the local favorite is chickpea cheese.
The most popular snack of the evening is a small pizza topped with a thin pancake of prawns, sausages, fish and pies, which are baked and fragrant for one to two dollars a piece, and are prepared for out-of-town guests. I heard that the locals will make jujube cakes, but the production process is more complicated, and the taste is relatively monotonous, and now there is a shop that sells it for a price of 0For $5 a pound, there are plums, olives, green juice, fennel, red beans, etc., which is perfect for passing the time.
In addition, there are many "ring markets" in the center of Tunis, according to historical records, "Magburi 3,000 years", as early as 2000 years ago, there was a "former business, then live" housing model in ancient Tunisia.
The houses here are built according to the needs of commercial development, with shops in front and residential houses in the back, and even if there are no roads now, houses must be built. Over time, Tunisia has developed tens of thousands of circular roads, connected by many small doorways and flanked by shops of all kinds, which can be lost if you don't know the place very well.
Most of the street shops in Tunisia are self-owned (the leasing process is very complicated and there are more taxes to pay), so the prices are 5-10% higher than in neighboring countries, which is much cheaper than in neighboring countries.
Fishing is an important part of the economy of the Tunisian people**, with about two million people associated with it, or 1 6 of the country's total population. The guide pointed to the mouth of the old town, "This kind of boat goes out to sea during the fishing season, and when the season or weather is bad, it can be transformed into a yacht, and the salary is considered the best among African countries." ”
Since the eighties, Tunisia has been developing laws on fisheries, including environmental and sanitation, and some regulations are based on European regulations, which is why Tunisia's beaches look neat and not chaotic like African countries.
In addition to the Tokyo metropolitan area, the main private income is olive groves (4 trees per population on average), and other high value-added crops such as pomegranates, grapes, and dates are difficult to expand further due to soil and water resource constraints.
Another important benefit is the Sumerian pottery technology, Tunisian craftsmen 2,000 years ago combined Roman inlay techniques with Chinese glazed decoration techniques to create unique Tunisian pottery, which has been included in the world's human civilization"World Heritage Site"。According to local potters, the Tunisian pottery industry was formed in the Carthaginian period about 2,600 years ago, and its most visible symbol is the amphora used to transport olive oil-blended bottles.
Walking along the old town towards the waterfront, I saw a large garbage dump with women and children picking cans and plastic bottles from the garbage pile. The tour guide told me that those women were divorced voluntarily and had a hard time, so they came out to pick up the rags. At first, I didn't pay much attention to it, but, after a few minutes, it dawned on me that an Arab woman could file for divorce
Tunisia is considered to be the only Muslim in the world that allows women to freely decide whether they want to divorce or not, and the only monogamy (and the only Muslim in the entire Arab region to have ***), where women can inherit their own property, make friends on the street, and drink alcohol.
After getting permission, we followed a lady to a scrap yard and saw that the mother handed over two bags of daily necessities from the supermarket today to a vendor, earning 215 dinars, or 47 yuan, was just enough for a day's food.
Next, we will introduce 8 world cultural sites and important attractions in Tunisia.