[WSIS CS-Plenary] Additional Prepcom 3 information

[Meryem Marzouki]

Hi all,

Thanks Rik for the info, specially useful for those unable to be in 
Geneva (yet).
Have you been provided with any explanation on this:

Le dimanche, 18 sep 2005, à 17:40 Europe/Paris, Rik Panganiban a écrit :
> Charles Geiger noted that participants travelling through the Charles 
> de Gaulle airport in Paris might experience more difficulties entering 
> Tunisia than those entering via London, Hamburg or other European 
> airports.

?? I often travel to Tunisia from Paris-CDG and have never noticed any 
difficulty or special formalities, specially since all passengers 
arriving at Tunis-Carthage airport are directed to the same big space 
for border control. So, either there is a misunderstanding here, or 
special border control will be in place for the summit.
In any case, if you travel to Tunisia from/through Paris, you may 
depart from any of the two airports, depending on the airlines, 
Paris-CDG used by Air France and Paris-Orly used by Tunisair.

And "high season" rates in Tunis hotels ? Only in Tunis or in Hammamet 
too ? Or will Hammamet seem more affordable than Tunis, e.g. for CS 
participants ?!

Let me also add my own information on the Tunis Summit preparation:

I hope that these unexpected additional benefits for hotels will 
contribute to pay the 4 millions of Tunisian dinars (2.5 millions 
euros, 3.8 millions CHF or 3 millions US$) that will be spent on the 
programme of "urban aesthetic" in the WSIS location surroundings [La 
Presse, main governemental French speaking daily newspaper, Sept. 9], 
only for the pleasure of your (our) eyes, distinguished WSIS 
participants.

In any case, WSIS will not make happy Tunis hotel managers only, but 
also Tunis and Hammamet region students: "Exceptional holidays on the 
occasion of the WSIS : November 16th, 17th and 18th, 2005 (for 
university institutions of Big Tunis governorates and Nabeul 
governorate)".

This occurring right after five days (Nov 3-7) off due to official 
annual holidays, and 3 days off due to one of the main muslim feast 
(Aid El Fitr, end of Ramadhan fasting month, which will occur some days 
only before WSIS) [http://www.universites.tn/anglais/index.htm].

Nabeul governorate includes the city of Hammamet: in case Tunis and 
Nabeul university students have ever thought to gather in their 
universities to discuss WSIS (or whatever do...), they wont have the 
opportunity to do that, since their universities will be closed. 
Additional benefit, those who on the contrary will accept to form the 
"huge tunisian civil society at WSIS" wont loose any workday.

Best,
Meryem