In Tunisia, May usually heralds the start of the summer tourism boom, but as the Middle East war wreaks havoc on the region, the season is opening on uneasy footing.Industry officials blame the fallout from the conflict, which has sent oil prices and travel costs skyrocketing, even thousands of miles away in Tunisia's idyllic island of Djerba.Anane Kamoun, director of the Royal Garden Palace hotel on the island, said reservations have fallen by about half this year at his establishment.
Tunisian tourism slows in fallout of Mideast war
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