Tunisia is more liberal than you think.
French is their second language and Tunis especially is as cosmopolitan as London, it’s not a third world country, it has the same technology, industry, prime education system, fashion, arts and other culture as most European cities.
You only have to drop in on Google Earth and ‘walk’ round the big cities to find designer fashion houses and i citizens who look like they’re in New York not North Africa.
I spent 5 weeks in Nov/Dec in a 4* hotel in Hammamet. It was called Le Saphir back in 2002.
They had armed guards at the resort hotel gatehouses back then anyway, but it was to do with keeping tourists safe from locals wandering in and out, not terrorism. There was a fair bit of burglary going on in the hotels.
The sea is perfectly blue and clean. The poster above must have paddled in the beach areas near the sewage outlets, which, yes, go directly into the sea.
It’s respectful to cover up. But in the hotel resorts nobody did.
I did have my bag snatched in Tunis though, and my camera stolen out of my backpack on their tube equivalent, but that happens anywhere.
Yet we hitch hiked round the country and wandered down back alleys in rural villages and never once felt unsafe.
Tunisians are warm, friendly curious people.
The country is fantastically cultural and historic and you can’t beat the nearby Sahara desert trips or Atlas Mountains for a lifetime memory.
If you want a beach holiday, choose somewhere blander.
Tunisia you can only enjoy best if you choose to walk into town at night and eat local food, visit the historic sites, and appreciate how the country is still untouched by Disney type theme park tourist bottlenecks.
There’s as much terrorism risk in Bognor Regis as Tunisia.
Don’t let the terrorists tell you want to do, where to go.