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WorldPosted at: Jun 27 2016 7:06PM


Foreign tourist visits to Tunisia fall by 21.5 pct in first half

TUNIS, Jun 27 (Reuters) The number of foreign tourists visiting Tunisia fell sharply again in the first half of this year, official data showed on Monday, a day after the North African nation marked the first anniversary of an attack by an Islamist gunman who killed 38.
The gunman killed his victims, mostly British holidaymakers, on a beach in the resort of Sousse on June 26, 2015, in an attack that dealt a heavy blow to Tunisia's tourism industry, which accounts for eight percent of national output.That attack came three months after gunmen killed 21 tourists at the Bardo National Museum in the capital Tunis.Islamic State militants claimed both attacks.
The Tourism Ministry data showed the number of foreign tourists fell by 21.5 percent in the first six months of 2016 compared to the same period last year.The number of foreign tourists fell to 1.82 million in the Jan-June period from 2.32 million in the same period last year.
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