INTRODUCTION: A FEW QUESTION• WHAT HAPPENED?

• WHERE?

• WHO DID THIS?

• WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES?

• WHO TAKES ADVANTAGE FROM THIS TRAGEDY?

THE BACKROUND…

• GEOGRAPHY OF TUNISIA

• WHAT’S THE TOURISM?

• WHICH LOCATION DO YOU THINK, WHEN I

TALK ABOUT TUNISIA?

• HAMMAMET AND DJERBA FOR EXAMPLE, BUT WE

HAVE ALSO KAIROUAN AND SIDI BOU SAID.

ECONOMY RESOURCES:PRIMARY AREA• AGRICULTURE• LIVESTOCKSECONDARY AREA• INDUSTRY• MINING RESOURCES• SUSTAINABLE ENERGYTERTIARY AREA• TRADE, CRAFTMANSHIP• TOURISM

DJERBA KAIROUAN

HAMMAMET SIDI BOU SAID

THE ATTACK:• 18° MARCH 1 P.M. ALL BEGAN

• TWO GUNMANS FIRST SHOOT TO THE PARLIAMENT, THEN GO INSIDE THE MUSEUMAND TAKE HOSTAGES

• THEY KILL SEVERAL TOURIST

• THE POLICE COME RIGHT AWAY AND KILL THE TERRORISTS AND RELEASED THE SURVIVORS

• VICTIMS AND INJURED ARE DOZENS

• THAT SCARED A LOT BOTH GOVERNMENT, ITALIAN AND TUNISIAN ONE

INSIDE THE BARDO’S MUSEUM

CONSEQUENCES:• DEMONSTRATION OF TUNISIAN CITIZENSHIP AGAINST TERRORISM

• ATTACK TO DEMOCRACY AND CULTURE

• THREAT OF THE ISLAMIC STATE AND DIFFUSION OF THE CONCEPT OF JIHAD

• ECONOMIC CRISIS DUE TO THE DECREASE OF TOURISM THAT FOLLOW THE

ATTACK

• ANOTHER BLOW WAS AFTER THE ARAB SPRING

STATEMENTS OF TWO GOVERNMENT:• GENTILONI CALLED FOR A

• "STRONG RESPONSE FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY" DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE ON WEDNESDAY EVENING, AND SAID THE BARDO ATTACK WOULD REINFORCE THE COUNTRY'S

DETERMINATION AGAINST TERRORISTS".

• BOTH THE FOREIGN MINISTER AND MATTEO RENZI

• "OUR THOUGHTS GO OUT TO THE PEOPLE INVOLVED, THEIR FAMILIES AND THE GOVERNMENT OF TUNISIA"

• PRESIDENT BEJI CAID ESSEBSI AS SAYING THE ATTACK ON THE BARDO MUSEUM WAS A

"HUGE DISASTER"

AND THAT THE COUNTRY MUST

"ENTER A MOBILIZATION PHASE"

TO COUNTER FUTURE TERROR THREATS.

WORLD SOCIAL FORUM • NO FEAR

• FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY

• BELIEVE ON HUMAN AND SOCIAL RIGHTS

• ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

• SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

• MOST IMPORTANT TO SHOW TO THE TERRORISM THAT TUNISIA DON'T AFRAID

THEIR MAD IDEAS.

HOW TUNISIA TOURISM INDUSTRY IS RECOVERING FROM THE RECENT ATTACK

• CLOSED ITS AIRSPACE FOR FLIGHTS FROM WESTERN LIBYA• ARMY MUST PROTECT THE COUNTRY’S MAJOR CITIES• SPONTANEOUS ONLINE SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN, “I WILL COME TO TUNISIA,” WENT VIRAL ON TWITTER AND INSTAGRAM

WHO TAKE ADVANTAGE FROM THIS TRAGEDY?• AFTER THE DECISION OF THE CRUISES COMPANIES TO DELETE THE

TUNISIAN STOPOVER:

• MSC CROCIERE: SUSPENDED FOR ALL 2015 (MSC PREZIOSA WILL STOP IN

THE PORT OF CAGLIARI)

• COSTA CROCIERE: DELETED THE TUNISIAN STOPOVER PERMANENTLY

• HOLLAND AMERICA LINE: REPLACED THE TUNISIAN STOPOVER WITH THE

CAGLIARI AND OLBIA PORTS.

• WE CAN NOTE THAT THEY ADDED SARDINIAN STOPOVER, DETERMINING AN

INCREASE IN TOURISM AREA FOR THIS SUMMER.

LET'S SUM UP….• WE TALKED ABOUT:

• TOURISM

• TUNISIAN ECONOMIC SITUATION

• THE ATTACK TO BARDO’S MUSEUM

• THE CONSEQUENCES

• THE ROLE OF SARDINIA

• IF I MAY CONCLUDE BY QUOTING

“AS MOST OF THE POPULATION SUFFERS THROUGH LIFE, BARELY SURVIVING,

DISAPPOINTED AND CONFUSED DAY AFTER DAY, HOPELESS, WONDERING WHAT

HAPPENED TO THEIR STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY, IT IS IN THE

MEDIA'S POWER TO RESTORE, IF NOT SOME OF OUR QUALITY OF LIFE, AT

LEAST A BIT OF OUR PEACE OF MIND”.

STEVEN VAN ZANDT

THANK YOU TO WALK THROUGH THIS DOOR WITH ME…

…AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR ATTENTION AND INTEREST… AND I LEAVE YOU WITH AN IMAGE CLOSE TO MY HEART…