1. Terrorism's Global Effect on Tourism
... of Kenya serves as an excellent example of an underdeveloped country very hard hit by terrorism's" effect. Tourism is 12% of the GNP in Kenya and accounts for over $500 million in annual revenue and 500,000 jobs. (Kenya, CIA World Fact Book). The bombing of the U.S. embassy in Nairobi in 1998 and of a beach hotel in Mombasa in 2002, as well as a missile ... an economy as fragile as that of Yemen. With this reputation, attacks such as those stated are doubly devastating to the economy. The future looks very bleak for Yemeni tourism due to the fact that there is now a "New Queda Generatio...
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