Dutch tourist group cuts South Africa visit short after armed bus robbery


  • World
  • Tuesday, 26 Sep 2017

A forensic investigator searches for clues on a bus alleged to have been used by the 36 Dutch tourists who were robbed at gunpoint on Sunday in a brazen heist while traveling from JohannesburgÕs main international airport to their hotel, officials said, in Johanneburg, South Africa, September 26 2017. REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A group of 36 Dutch tourists were flying out of South Africa on Tuesday after they were robbed at gunpoint on Sunday in a brazen heist while travelling from Johannesburg's main international airport to their hotel, officials said.

The incident is an embarrassment for South Africa, a country keen to promote itself as a tourist destination but scarred by violent crime. Tourism accounts for 3 percent of GDP and is seen as a bright spot in an otherwise moribund economy.

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