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Tui reaches agreement with Sousse terror survivors and victims’ families

Posted on January 6, 2022 by Admin

Travel agent and lawyers representing 80 people agree settlement after 2015 Tunisian beach attack in which 38 died

The travel operator Tui has reached a settlement “without admission of liability or fault” with survivors and relatives of British tourists killed in the 2015 Tunisia beach terror attack, the company and the law firm representing victims said.

Seifeddine Rezgui killed 38 people, including 30 Britons, at the Riu Imperial Marhaba hotel complex on the Sousse coast, with dozens more injured, on 26 June that year.

‘My future is overseas’: Tunisians look to Europe as Covid hits tourism

Posted on September 28, 2021 by Admin

As the pandemic deals a death blow to an already struggling sector, former workers see little hope for recovery

The seafront along the town of Hammamet in Tunisia is deserted. Looking out at the bright empty coast from his souvenir shop, Kais Azzabi, 42, describes the crowds that would stroll along the broad boulevards. Today, there is nobody.

“It was very busy here,” he says, gesturing to the street and the Mediterranean Sea beyond. “Since the corona started, everything stopped.”