The general view of the lobby area at the closed Imperial Marhaba Hotel on June 24, 2016 in Sousse, Tunisia. The Imperial Marhaba hotel was the main target of the 2015 Sousse beach terrorist attack that killed 38 people including 30 Britons. The hotel attempted to stay open for three months after the attacks, however low occupancy forced the hotel to close. Since then it has operated with a skeleton staff, who work to maintain the rooms and grounds, other permanent hotel staff were able to be placed in temporary jobs at two other hotels owned by the same chain. The hotel hopes to open again by next spring or as soon as British travel advisories and restrictions are lifted for Tunisia. Before the 2011 revolution, tourism in Tunisia accounted for approximately 7% of the countries GDP. The two 2015 terrorist attacks at the Bardo Museum and Sousse Beach saw tourism numbers plummet even further forcing hotels to close and many tourism and hospitality workers to lose their jobs. The 26th of June 2016 marks the anniversary of the Sousse beach attacks. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
{}