Tourism and terrorism

Middle East expert Judith Cahen of the French Institute for International Relations (IFRI) explains in an interview with Pawel Szczerkowski that the terrorist attacks on the Egyptian resort of Dahab were mainly aimed at destabilising the country and toppling President Hosni Mubarak's authoritarian regime. "At first, Arabs on the streets reacted with fear and anger... But these same people will soon turn their anger against the regime, which offers no security. The terrorists were targeting tourism, Egypt's main source of income. When the rich Western tourists leave, the desperate Egyptian people will take to the streets and demand reform."

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