Tunisia remembers beach attack victims
A memorial service has been held in Port El Kantaoui, Tunisia, for the 38 people killed in a terrorist attack one year ago.
Three Irish citizens and 33 Britons were among those killed when a lone gunman opened fire on holidaymakers on the beach at the Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba.
Tunisia’s ambassador to the UK and Ireland Nabil Ammar told Sky News: "Tunisia is not the only country targeted (by terrorists) – so many countries closer to us have been hit but there’s no travel ban on them.
"We completely understand that the priority for the UK government is to protect its own people, as it is for our own authorities to protect our guests in Tunisia.
"When (tourists) come and visit us, they’re considered as guests and we want to take care of them.
"The problem is that today there is a gap we notice between the perception of security as it is outside Tunisia and the reality on the ground, and we need to tackle this gap.
"The message is to say: we are here, we are back. We are not going to let those who did horrible crimes claim victory at all."
The FCO has extended its guidance against all but essential travel to Tunisia, saying it believes the threat of threat of terrorism is still ‘high’ with further attacks ‘highly likely’.
Last week Tarek Aouadi, director of the Tunisian National Tourist Office for the UK and Ireland, told TravelMole that Tunisia has made ‘huge strides forward’ with security and believed it was now time for the FCO advice to be lifted.
A TravelMole poll earlier this month showed the majority of UK travel agents would also like to see the FCO advice changed.
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Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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