The fact that there are still tourists to attack in Tunisia tells its own story. Ever since it became the birth place of the Arab Spring in 2011, the tiny north African nation has been the only country in the region to enjoy anything approaching stability after the overthrow of its resident dictator.
While Syria, Yemen and neighbouring Libya are now in various stages of meltdown, and Egypt has retreated back into military rule, Tunisia has successfully staged not one but two sets of parliamentary elections, forged a constitution, and slowly moved towards becoming a proper democracy. And as Friday's attack on the beach at Sousse shows, tourists have not been put off coming to Tunisia despite the Islamic State's previous attack in March on the country's Bardo Museum, in which 19 people were murdered.
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