MSC Cruises drops calls in Tunisia through winter

MSC Cruises is dropping calls in Tunisia through at least April in the wake of violence in the country.

The Europe-based line says the 3,502-passenger MSC Preziosa no longer will visit La Goulette, Tunisia between November 15, 2015 and April 23, 2016 as scheduled. The ship instead will stop in Valletta, Malta.

Also affected are single sailings of the MSC Magnifica and MSC Poesia in November and December, respectively. Both of the ships instead will stop in Alicante, Spain.

"The suspension of all calls in Tunisia for the upcoming winter 2015-16 is connected with the just-announced declaration of a state of emergency by the Tunisian authorities," the line says in a statement.

Tunisia declared a state of emergency on July 3, eight days after a gunman killed 38 tourists at a Tunisian beach resort.

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