Tour operators can sell Tunisian holidays again

UK tour operators can resume selling holidays in Tunisia for the first time since the Sousse massacre after the government changed its travel advice.

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has advised against all but essential visits to the country for the past two years following the June 2015 beach attack in which 30 Britons were killed.

But the FCO announced yesterday it has withdrawn the advice for the capital Tunis and major tourist resorts. The UK continues to advise against “all travel” and “all but essential travel” to some areas of the country, including those nearer the Libyan border.

The FCO said it has kept its assessment of the risks of British nationals travelling to Tunisia “under constant review” since the Sousse attack.

Having “carefully reviewed conditions” in the country – including the threat from terrorism and improvements in the Tunisian security forces – the government decided its travel advice should change.