Tunisia's tourism revenues grew by 40 percent in the first half of 2018 compared to the same period last year, the government said Thursday, driven by a strong return of European tourists three years after they were targetted in militant attacks.
After shunning Tunisia in the wake of 2015 gun attacks on a beach in Sousse that killed 39 tourists and one at the Bardo National Museum in Tunis that killed 21, major European tour operators have started to return this year.
The recovery from the attacks claimed by Islamic State has prompted officials to predict a record season with eight million tourists expected for the first time.