Brussels launches tourism PR offensive after terror lockdown

A new campaign was launched on 7 January 2015 to convince tourists that Brussels was a safe to visit after the city which hosts many of the European Union institutions had been paralysed by a lockdown in November and December 2015, following the terrorist attacks in Paris.

Media sources unveiled that terror threat had cost Belgium around 0.1% of GDP in 4th Quarter of 2015.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Evidence of new terrorist plot in EU capital http://www.europeansources.info/record/evidence-of-new-terrorist-plot-in-eu-capital/

The Wall Street Journal, 08.01.16: Brussels Terror Lockdown Cost Belgium 0.1% of GDP in 4th Quarter http://blogs.wsj.com/brussels/2016/01/06/brussels-terror-lockdown-cost-belgium-0-1-of-gdp-in-4th-quarter/

Politico, 08.01.16: Belgian businesses lost €350 million from lockdown http://www.politico.eu/article/belgian-businesses-lost-e350-million-from-lockdown/

Politico, 20.01.16: Belgium’s charm defensive http://www.politico.eu/article/belgiums-charm-defensive-molenbeek-call-brussels-campaign-security/

EUObserver, 12.10.16: Brussels 2030 https://euobserver.com/regions/135028

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