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Tunisia’s government says the attack could cost the country, more than half a billion dollars in tourism revenue. That’s around a quarter of the money it makes each year from foreign visitors.

Tourism Minister Salma Loumi says the attack, quote, ‘had a great impact on the economy’. Already, thousands of tourists have fled. CCTV’s Adel EL Mahrouky is in Sousse. He filed this report.