Don't these bloodthirsty Islamists realize that other Muslim people are counting on tourism?
Coach blast knocks back Egypt's tourism recovery
By Victoria Bryan and Dominique Vidalon
FRANKFURT/PARIS Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:02am EST
FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - The bombing of a coach carrying Korean holidaymakers in the Sinai peninsula on Sunday has dealt Egyptian tourism a hammer blow, just as it was attempting a fragile recovery from three years of political upheaval.
By killing two holidaymakers near one of Egypt's biggest sea-and-sun resorts, the Islamist militants behind the attack have undermined Egyptian official assurances that foreigners face no threat from the turmoil that has shaken the country since the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
The Islamist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said it carried out the bombing and has told tourists to leave Egypt, threatening to attack any who are still in the country after Thursday.
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Coach blast knocks back Egypt's tourism recovery | Reuters
Coach blast knocks back Egypt's tourism recovery
By Victoria Bryan and Dominique Vidalon
FRANKFURT/PARIS Thu Feb 20, 2014 10:02am EST
FRANKFURT/PARIS (Reuters) - The bombing of a coach carrying Korean holidaymakers in the Sinai peninsula on Sunday has dealt Egyptian tourism a hammer blow, just as it was attempting a fragile recovery from three years of political upheaval.
By killing two holidaymakers near one of Egypt's biggest sea-and-sun resorts, the Islamist militants behind the attack have undermined Egyptian official assurances that foreigners face no threat from the turmoil that has shaken the country since the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak in 2011.
The Islamist group Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis said it carried out the bombing and has told tourists to leave Egypt, threatening to attack any who are still in the country after Thursday.
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Coach blast knocks back Egypt's tourism recovery | Reuters
