ABSTRACT
As early as 2 days after the bombings, several tour operators from the United Kingdom, United States and Australia were flying clients out of the island. A large number of Western tourists in Bali were on round-the-world tickets and many of these were expected to be leaving earlier than expected. A senior spokesperson for the Association for British Travel Agents suggested that it would probably be a couple of years before the island recovered. He insisted that it would recover, arguing that it was unlikely tourist would be put off visiting Muslim countries. The Luxor Massacre in Egypt in 1997 was the worst terrorist attack on holidaymakers before the Bali outrage. Numbers here were severely depressed for 2 years but were back to pre-attack figures by 2000.
