Terror Warnings Making Tourists Avoid Mideast

Since an Islamic extremist gunned down holiday-makers in June in Tunisia, Western governments have been issuing warnings urging their nationals to exercise heightened caution when traveling to North Africa and the Middle East or better still, to stay away altogether. From Tunisia in the west to Turkey in the east, tourism is having an awful year with European and American visitors heeding the terror warnings. Last month the State Department upheld a global travel warning for...

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