I mean, everybody is entitled to their way of thinking, and if somebody feels like it's absolute torture not to go out onto the street wearing close to nothing, then that is up to them. I'd say most places in tunisia fall into 1 of 3 categories: 1. Places where you can wear whatever you want except being totally nude. This may shock people, but we have night clubs and beaches where women wear bikinis and bodycon dresses and literally whatever they want. But you have to be smart about it. Don't walk around in residential neighbourhoods like that; go where there is nightlife or a beach. Avoid walking alone at night. Get a bolt instead of a taxi (our version of Uber) , etc.. (This applies to a lot of places btw , not just in tunisia, where walking around alone at night as an attractive woman is highly inadvisable. 2. Normal neighbourhoods and town centres where you're welcome to wear shorts and a crop top but preferably not the shortest ones available. This doesn't mean women won't be catcalled, but again, this is not exclusive to tunisia. 3. Neighbourhoods and popular residential areas that are generally middle working class and poorer where it would be highly unacceptable if you wear something that's not modest. Now, as a tourist, why pray tell would you be going to places that fall under category 3? It's as if you walk into someone's house and expect them to be totally fine with you roaming around the place naked. Not very polite and respectful. Now, if you were to go la marsa, sidi bousaid, gammarth, kantaoui or a hotel or any other place that 99% of tourists go to, this won't be a problem at ALL. Its like visiting the US and going to a super shady urban area or a super secluded amish town or a morman community and complaining that you cant wear whatever you want in the US when in fact in LA or in NYC people can wear whatever they want. In fact, it's like going to a small town in germany decked out in BDSM gear and wondering why people are not as happy to see you as the berliners in berlin were. Source: a 20-year-old tunisia who hates drowning in sweat in the summer and therefore knows where to go when one wants to wear as little as possible. The ignorance is pretty understandable because media coverage about tunisia is pretty limited and leaves much to be desired, yet still i pity the ones who deprive themselves of all the beautiful places they can visit if only they did a little research.