Chris Mottershead’s comments come despite Tunisia’s announcement this month to extend its state of emergency until February 21.

The UK Foreign Office is also continuing to advise against all but essential travel, warning that further terrorist attacks “remain highly likely, including against foreigners”.

Thirty-eight people were killed in July last year – 30 of whom were British – when a gunman opened fire on a beach in Sousse.

Just four months earlier 21 people, mostly European tourists, were killed when three terrorists attacked the Bardo National Museum in the capital of Tunis.

Thomas Cook is currently due to return to the country at the end of April, although Mottershead admitted the company would be reviewing this in a “couple of weeks”.

Speaking to TTG, Mottershead insisted: “Tunisia could still make a comeback – there is time.

“The challenge will be when we restart the programme. If it continues to be delayed, then the start of the programme will be delayed.

“It will come back at some point – it’s still under a state of emergency, and it’s still a little way away [when Thomas Cook returns to Tunisia]… but we will review it in a couple of weeks.”

Elsewhere Thomson confirmed that it has also cancelled its Tunisia programme until April 30 following FCO advice.