Aswat Masriya<\/a> (London)<\/p>\n8 December 2011<\/p>\n
\nHead of the Independent General Tourism Workers Syndicate: Bassem Halaka is not worried about tourism because of the Muslim Brotherhood’s lead in the first phase of the elections.<\/p>\n
What Halaka fears is a potential big number of Salafist al-Nour Party members in the Parliament.<\/p>\n
Halaka explained that the Muslim Brotherhood might not be against tourism; for they know by their political experience that the tourism sector brings $12 billion a year. They also know that three million people, who provide for 18 million others, make their living from tourism.<\/p>\n
In his statements reported by MENA, Halaka expressed his worries of a potential big number of Salafist al-Nour Party members in the Parliament, especially that they are known for their strict ideology and poor political experience.<\/p>\n
Halaka added that Salfists’ hostility against tourism was obvious in their latest declarations, warning of what he called the “tourism-workers’ revolution if their industry and source of living was affected.”<\/p>\n
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