Carnage in Paris sends shudders through tourist sector

Bullet impacts are seen in the window of the Le Carillon restaurant the morning after a series of deadly attacks in Paris , November 14, 2015. REUTERS/Christian Hartman

PARIS (Reuters) - The carnage in Paris has sent shudders through the tourism sector in one of the world's most visited cities with hotel owners, tour operators and others in the industry hoping the expected drop-off in visitors will not last long.

Shares in tourism companies fell sharply across Europe on Monday on expectations that people will cut back travel plans after Islamist militants launched coordinated attacks across Paris killing at least 129 people in locations of the type that might be visited by tourists.