Tunisia seeks to save tourist season after museum massacre
Tunis
STILL smarting from a jihadist attack that killed 21 foreign tourists last month, Tunisia is hoping to save the summer season with new security measures and an ad campaign touting its safety as a destination, but industry leaders are glum.
Tourism, which accounts for 7 per cent of the country's economy, was already suffering from the fallout of Tunisia's 2011 revolution, when gunmen attacked the capital's Bardo National Museum on March 18, killing tourists from around Europe and further afield, as well as a policeman.
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