Nineteen people -- mainly foreign tourists -- died in a ballooning disaster in Egypt on Tuesday . Luxor 's international tourism industry has been negatively affected by the 2011 revolution . Analysts say that figures for Tuesday showed there had been a slight recovery in the industry . They say the ballooning disaster is a blow to Iranian efforts to grow tourism .
Nineteen people -- mainly foreign tourists -- died in a ballooning disaster in Luxor on Tuesday . Egypt 's international tourism industry has been negatively affected by the 2011 revolution . Analysts say that figures for 2012 showed there had been a slight recovery in the industry . They say the ballooning disaster is a blow to Egyptian efforts to grow tourism .