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together to form the first museum of cartoons in the Arab world, which opened in March 2009
(Mustafa and Emam 2013). The idea of 1977 has been revived by the Egyptian caricaturist Mohamed
Abla who believes that caricature is a historical document presents a live picture reflect almost every
moment of the history. The museum contains a collection of the oldest and best of what Egyptians
caricature artists drew since 1927 to date (Mustafa and Emam 2013). Now the village is combined of
a unique and diversified community as farmers are living next to foreigners in real harmony as the
various cultural activities in the village made the rural urban gap in Tunis almost not exist.

Conclusion and Recommendations
A good level of awareness of the importance of sustainability is a necessary element for the success of any sustainable development. The success of any development depends primarily on the
community acceptance and their positive contribution. The boom of pottery industry in Tunis
had played the main role in spreading the awareness of rural tourism, especially with the occurrence of economic benefits and the improvement in living conditions. The good sense and the
ability to realize the unique beauty of the place, the pottery festival, the oriented tourism marketing, environmental hotels and the local architecture were prefect techniques contributed to
the rural-tourism sustainable development in Tunis village. The existence of the natural reserves
in the area helped to enrich the community awareness which preserved the local identity as a
source of personal income and a product. Locals are refusing and standing against any activity
that may destroy the nature or hurt their special identity.
By building a low-carbon economy that makes efficient, sustainable use of resources, protecting
the environment and preventing biodiversity loss, Tunis is a successful model of the congenital
sustainable rural tourism development. New strategies should be formulated to help consumers
make well-informed green choices. In order to achieve a successful sustainable tourism by integrating tourism activities, a serious attention should be given to the following considerations:
• Preserving cultural values in any society or country must be a priority in any development
plan. The historical remnants, treasures and documents of high cultural values are supposed to
be preserved and fairly protected to be passed on to the future generations (Egbali et al. 2011).
• Aboriginal tourism operators, Band Council, and community stakeholders must be invited to
the tourism table, so to speak. They need to be included in all stages of tourism development,
especially when they are incorporating their culture as part of the tourism package.
• A participatory community based impact analysis should be undertaken to find out: How
many people have moved from the low income to middle income groups after being associated with the project? / Gender impact - change in the roles of women engaged with the project
/ Employment generation.
• A good sustainable development plan requires and it should include an environment impact
assessment (environment friendliness, meeting environment management standards) with a
strong focus on the energy and waste, coasts and financial sources, ethics and responsibility
to the environment (Simkova 2007).
It is required to reach a community that accepts the simplicity of living so the undergraduates
will return to their origins in order to stand against the bad practices that may distort the place.
The educated youth are able to develop new sustainable practices and new options according to
their experience and their knowledge gained from what they have learned. Moreover, the mental
health, comfort, relaxation and tranquility offered by the place should be the priority number one
o f such tourism development plans, especially with the noise and crowdedness of city modern
life.

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