{"id":124568,"date":"2015-06-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-29T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/tunisia-shooting-to-cause-515-million-loss-in-tourism\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:10:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T20:10:38","slug":"tunisia-shooting-to-cause-515-million-loss-in-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/tunisia-shooting-to-cause-515-million-loss-in-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia Shooting to Cause $515 Million Loss in Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>After the shooting on June 26 on the beach in the Sousse resort, Tunisia estimates losses of at least $515 million in 2015 for tourism, the Tourism Minister stated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Following the attack, 39 people lost their lives, mainly British tourists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In 2014, Tunisia recorded revenues of $1.95 billion from tourism. This sector represents 7% of Tunisia&#8217;s GDP and a major source of foreign currency and jobs.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is the estimated financial impact on Tunisia&#8217;s tourism?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tunisia expects losses of at least $515 million in 2015 following the Sousse beach attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many victims were there in the Sousse attack?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The attack resulted in 39 deaths, the majority of whom were British tourists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How important is tourism to the Tunisian economy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tourism accounts for 7% of Tunisia&#8217;s GDP and is a vital source of foreign currency and employment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the shooting on June 26 on the beach in the Sousse resort, Tunisia estimates losses of at least $515 million in 2015 for tourism, the Tourism Minister stated. Following the attack, 39 people lost their lives, mainly British tourists. In 2014, Tunisia recorded revenues of $1.95 billion from tourism. This sector represents 7% of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":65470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-124568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124568"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124568\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124568"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=124568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}