article_snippet: (CNN)Tunisia's tourism industry has been thrown into disarray by a terror attack on Wednesday that left at least 17 foreign visitors dead and prompted urgent warnings over security.
article_snippet: But following Wednesday's attack and siege at the prestigious Bardo Museum in central Tunis, CNN)Tunisia's tourism industry is once again facing jeopardy even as authorities and operators scramble to ensure the safety of visitors currently in the country.
article_snippet: A significant number of foreign tourists were inside the prestigious Bardo Museum in central Tunis at the time of the attack, which government officials said was the work of "Islamists.
article_snippet: Prime Minister Habib Essid said Polish, Italian, German and Spanish tourists are among those killed, with another 20 tourists plus two Tunisians wounded in Wednesday's attack and siege at the prestigious Bardo Museum in central Tunis.
article_snippet: With tens of thousands of foreign visitors likely to be in Tunisia right now and many more contemplating travel there, travel operators have been rushing to formulate a response to the attack.
article_snippet: It's not immediately known if flights will be added to accommodate any sudden surge in departures or whether tour operators will pull out of Tunisia -- responses that followed a terror attack in Kenya last year.
highlights_snippet: Gunmen killed 17 tourists and two others on Wednesday at a museum in Tunisia's capital .
  U.S., UK and other foreign governments have issued travel warnings .
  