Alternative tourism
Community-based trail, heritage and agritourism operators building a season that lasts longer than August.
All countries
Where we work
Tunisia
Coastal and inland regions — sustainable tourism and manufacturing.
- MSMEs supported
- 40+
- Committed to date
- €0.8M
- Working here since
- 2012
- Priority sectors
- 3
The programme
What the fund does in Tunisia
From Tunis, the fund works along the coast and, deliberately, inland — in the governorates where a single processing unit or a single trail operator changes what a village earns in a season.
Two things get most of the attention: alternative tourism that keeps its revenue in the region it happens in, and light manufacturers who are one certification away from selling into Europe. Both are patient work, and both are why the Tunisian windows carry business development alongside the grant rather than after it.
Priorities
Where support is aimed
Set by the country team, from what businesses here are actually blocked on.
Export-ready manufacturing
Light industry closing the gap between what it can make and what an EU buyer will accept.
Inland regions
Deliberate weighting towards businesses outside the coastal corridor, where capital is scarcest.
Funding
Open to businesses in Tunisia
Open
Digital Tourism Upgrade Grant
For tourism microbusinesses in Jordan and Tunisia digitising booking, marketing or the guest experience.
Apply byOctober 15, 202659 days left
View detailsOpen
Founders' First Grant
First capital for early-stage founders in Palestine, Jordan and Tunisia with a validated idea and a first customer in sight.
Apply byNovember 30, 2026105 days left
View detailsUpcoming
Manufacturing Export Readiness Call
Certification and export-readiness support for light manufacturers in all three countries targeting EU and regional markets.
OpensNovember 2, 2026
Get notifiedPortfolio
Businesses funded here
Tunisia
Mogods Trail Experiences
A community-based operator in Tunisia’s north-west built a trail season that runs beyond the summer — and pays nine guides from the villages it crosses.
500+Visitors hosted