Tunisian court hands life sentences to seven over museum, hotel attacks
The attack on the Bardo National Museum left 21 people dead, while 38 were killed in Sousse, 147 kilometers south of Tunis. Islamic State claimed both attacks. Authorities estimate about 3,000 Tunisians have joined Islamic State and other jihadist groups in Iraq, Syria and Libya.
The two attacks had a serious impact on the local tourism industry, which accounts for about 8 percent of Tunisia's gross domestic product, as major European tour operators shunned the country. However tourists have gradually returned on the back of improvements in security and Tunisia attracted a record 8.3 million visitors in 2018, as hotels were filled with holidaymakers from Algeria, Russia and other parts of Europe. (Reporting by Mohamed Argoubi Writing by Ahmed Eljechtimi Editing by David Holmes)
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