Tunisia not safe destination for tourists until November 2016

One of the travel operators Thomas Cook has cancelled all British bookings to Tunisia until November keeping in mind the wave of violent protests across the country. The Foreign Office has also advised its people against all but essential travel to the north African country because it is experiencing its worst social unrest since the 2011 revolution.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 27 January 2016.

The British tour operator has stated that it has taken the decision to cancel all bookings to Tunisia up to and including 31 October 2016. While this could be frustrating to holidaymakers, the safety and well-being of travelers are the topmost priority.
The cancellation applies to some of the operator's foreign markets. However, its flights from France, Austria and Germany are still operating. The company has informed that customers can cancel or amend their holiday to another destination.
Tunisia is facing political turmoil over the past five years and it has handicapped the economy. Moreover, the north African country also faces jihadist violence that has taken a toll on its vital tourism industry.


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Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid is unhappy with the decision of Britain to call back its people who were holidaying in Tunisia. He has regretted Britain telling its citizens to leave Tunisia after the Sousse terror attack in which the 23-year-old terrorist had gunned down 38 people. 30 of them were British nationals.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 12 July 2015.

Already scores of tourists have cut short their holidays and flown home following the latest travel advice from the Foreign Office in which fears of another terror attack was sad to be "highly likely".
Prime Minister Habib Essid feels it was a hasty decision and assured his government could have done something else that could have benefited both the sides. In his words - Tunisia needs to be supported. It needs to be helped against what the terrorists are doing.
Their objective is that people from abroad won’t feel safe in Tunisia and, we are playing into their hands by asking tourists to leave Tunisia.
Tunisia's interior ministry has revealed that five suspected extremists had been killed in clashes with counter-terrorism forces. It seems there was a gun battle after eight suspected extremists were tracked and chased to a mountain near the town of El Ktar in the Gafsa region.
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As more information becomes available, it is believed that the number of British people killed in the Tunisia terror attack could double and go up to at least 30. There were 38 victims and the Government had already confirmed 15 of them to be from UK. Three of the dead are Irish.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 29 June 2015.

The killer 24-year-old Seifeddine Rezgui had begun his deadly rampage from inside the hotel grounds and Britons have paid the heaviest price in the atrocity at the beach resort in Sousse but, it cannot be said that the targets were only the Britons. Incidentally, the hotel was one that was housing a majority of British tourists.
The killer was later shot down by the police – he had a bomb on his body.
The hotel director has revealed that there were three gunmen involved in the attack and Scotland Yard has indicated that 16 detectives and forensic experts have been sent to Tunisia to help local officers.
Rime Minister David Cameron has said that Britain will not submit to terror threats and would defeat what he branded as a "poisonous ideology".
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