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Tunisia Islamists: no dress code for foreign tourists
2011-10-27
How generous they are, to be sure.
TUNIS - The Islamist Ennahda party, which has won Tunisia's first free election, said on Wednesday it would not impose restrictions on how foreign tourists dress on beaches and would not impose Islamic banking rules, according to state media.

"The tourism sector is among the achievements which we cannot touch. Is it logical to handicap a strategic sector like tourism by forbidding wine or wearing bathing costumes? These are personal liberties for Tunisians and foreigners as well," the official TAP news agency quoted Ennahda secretary general Hamadi Jbeli as saying.

"We will not make Islamic banks universal. We are not going to abolish the banking system that exists," he said.
Posted by:trailing wife

#5  That won't be an issue if the tourists don't come in the first place. Greece could use the business, monuments+beaches aplenty.

For the more adventurous there's always the Hippy Trail to scenic Waziristan.
Posted by: Kojo Splat3798   2011-10-27 16:40  

#4  It creates a point of irritation for hard liners to focus upon, so that later on, the government has to "re-evaluate" the decision...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2011-10-27 08:50  

#3  wonder how the 'only men's testimony' rule will work out or the 'conversion from islam=death' rule
Posted by: Lord Garth   2011-10-27 06:28  

#2  Tourism, beach tourism not monument tourism like in Egypt is a major source of revenue for Tunisia.
Posted by: JFM   2011-10-27 05:36  

#1  That's not too hard is it?
Posted by: Angimp Glavise7223   2011-10-27 00:33  

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