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Figure2: The current rural tourism tours in Fayoum oasis

The Sustainable Rural Tourism in Fayoum Oasis: Tunis Village
In spite of the existence of three nature reserves in the green Fayoum, villages are very far from
being sustainable mainly due to the lack of awareness. Only Tunis village is a special case as it
presents the only sustainable rural tourism destination in Fayoum. The village site is very special,
located on a hill, surrounded by flat land at the same level of Lake Qaroun, which provides a panoramic view of the region, a mixture of water and greenery natural scenic gives Tunis its distinguished features (Mustafa and Emam 2013).

Figure3: Arial view of Tunis village
It is located on the western edge of Qaroun Lake, 60 km from the city of Fayoum and 100 km from
the capital, Cairo. Tunis was a simple village suffered from low levels of education and poverty for
many years. A Swiss woman, Eveline Burie came in on the sixteenths to fulfill a passion in pottery

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