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Tunisia travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit Tunisia: travel advice level, plug type C/E, 230V, emergency 190, currency TND.

📷 Tunis · Citizen59 from Tunis, Tunisie · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Travel advice (UK FCDO)

Avoid all travel to parts Updated 2026-07-24

Latest change (original, English)
This travel advice has been reviewed for accuracy with changes made throughout, including visa requirements, taking money into and out of Tunisia, electronic devices, drugs and illegal substances and power supply in summer months ('Entry requirements' and 'Safety and security') pages.

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalTunis
CurrencyTND
LanguagesArabic
Calling code+216
Emergency numbers190 · 193 · 198
Plug typesType C, Type E
Voltage230 V
Driving sideRight
Population12M
Type CType E

📅 Public holidays💱 Exchange rates

📷 Photos

Photochrom Print Collection · Public domain · Commons
YiTe LAI from Joensuu, Finland · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Detroit Publishing Co. · Public domain · Commons
Slim Alileche · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Yves Tennevin · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Citizen59 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Photo taken by Anja S. in Radès Stadium for DrFO.Jr.Tn · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Leandro Neumann Ciuffo · CC BY 2.0 · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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