How a British tourism company’s collapse impacts Tunisia

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The collapse of the British travel agency, Thomas Cook, has massive repercussions for Tunisia, a country whose economy depends on tourism. Four years ago, deadly attacks by militants in the capital of Tunis caused major European tour companies to pull out of the African country altogether. They only started to return last year. Host Carol Hills speaks with Wahida Jaiet, the director of the Tunisian National Tourist Office in London.

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