Tourism in Tunisia? Only for the brave
02/18/2011TUNIS — Tunisia has weathered riots, curfews, a state of emergency and ongoing unrest as it undergoes its historic “Jasmine Revolution”: but that has not stopped a few hardy tourists from flocking to its sunny shores.
Indeed, the heady events propelled French speech therapist Francois Huet to grab round-trip tickets for a two-day trip to Tunis “for tourism but also to live history.”
“My heart was beating hard every day during the standoff with Ben Ali, and there was one moment I decided to go,” said 49-year-old Huet of the popular uprising that ultimately ousted longtime strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on Jan. 14.
“It’s admirable what the people have done. I came to tell them I found them courageous.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20110218com6.html
0 comments
Post a Comment