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Tunisia moving to boost tourism after suicide attacks

Saturday, June 29, 2019

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The Tunisian officials have sought to reassure tourists after twin suicide bombings targeting security forces struck the country’s capital on Thursday, killing a patrol officer and injuring at least eight people.

 

 

Prime Minister Youssef Chahed described the bombings as “a cowardly terrorist operation to destabilise Tunisians, the economy and democratic transition,” noting that they happened as the tourist season was in full swing.

 

 

In an interview the tourism minister, René Trabelsi, said he did not think the first attack was tied to the French Embassy nearby but had targeted Tunisian police.

 

 

This attack against national security agents has nothing to do with tourists,” said Trabelsi.

 

A critical sector for Tunisia’s economy, tourism accounted for some 14% of the country’s GDP and employed almost half a million people from a population of 11 million back in 2014.

 

 

But those figures plummeted following successive terrorist attacks in 2015, which threatened the country’s relative political stability in the region.

 

 

The terror threat led to travel agencies pulling out and foreign governments issuing warnings for citizens planning to go to Tunisia.

 

 

Since then, tourism has partially bounced back as government increased security around popular destinations.

 

 

The tourism minister said he had a “message to tourists: have a good holiday and come to Tunisia. Tunisia is a country that fights these terrorists.”

 

 

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