Another day, another terror attack against tourists in a country desperate for tourism and economic development. We saw this with attacks in Egypt over the years - like repeat attacks against Luxor and now in Tunisia.

The attacks are designed to harm the economy and affect travel and tourism, which the countries need to stay afloat. If the economy improves, the terror groups lose sources of disaffected/disenfranchised that make up their ranks.

It’s one of the reasons that the Taliban attacked the Bamiyan Buddhas (other reasons including iconoclasm). If you destroy sources of economic wellbeing, you increase the ranks of those without jobs and who might consider joining.

Of course, this is highly counterproductive since ISIL isn’t about creating jobs or wellbeing - just spreading their toxic worldview.