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The British Foreign Office changed its advice on Tunisia, allowing UK tour companies to resume their operations in the country.
The attack in Sousse two years ago forced the UK to ban travel companies from selling holidays in Tunisia, over safety concerns. Prior to the UK lifting the ban, other European countries such as France and Germany had restarted travel operations in the North African country.
But it could take some months before British holidays are fully underway and there still remains some uncertainty among tourists over safety.
Our UK Correspondent Natalie Powell reports.
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At a Tunisian restaurant in the capital London, customers come in for a taste of Tunisia.
Two years on from the Sousse attacks and with the foreign office restrictions on Tunisia lifted, many here say events that took place there wouldn't put them off visiting.
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The Tunisian owners of this restaurant actively encourage their customers to visit their home country and alongside the menu, they've actually got brochures available for customers so they can learn more about Tunisia.
Chef and owner of the Sidi Boy restaurant in West London AMINA HAMDI, says that she's been going back to Tunisia several times a year and wants her British customers to know that it is now a safe destination
"When I go there and see all these beautiful hotels and places empty and some of them closed and it did break my heart to see that and I wanted to promote Tunisia to do something to show people that Tunisia is just around the corner, only two hours and a half and you'll be there with 38 degrees."
But although the ban has been lifted travel experts say it will take some time before British tourists return en masse because of logistics. Here's Steven Duncan, the operations director at Travelzoo Europe.
"It does take some time to be able to put something like this back on, most of it is going to be around flights so getting aircraft to take people to Tunisia is the biggest issue, the hotels are sitting there, the hotels are sitting there empty… the charter aircraft are going to be one of the options so it's likely we'll see some of the bigger tour operators maybe for winter and spring next year shift some of the aircraft over and start using the capacity there."
While Tunisian expats hope British holidaymakers will return quickly to Tunisia, Hotels have already slashed their prices to encourage more tourists back.
And the UK is behind the likes of of France and Germany, who'd already started allowing tour companies to renew operations in Tunisia
But the events of two years ago are still fresh in the minds of many would-be holidaymakers , who may still decide to stay away.
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