How safe is your holiday destination? Map of tourist hotspots with terror threat levels

That came on June 11, after Spain's security forces disrupted a number of groups who were recruiting people to travel to join terrorists in Syria and Iraq. It's government also believed they were plotting attacks across Europe.

Yesterday, the Spanish government lifted its own threat to a high rating following the attack in neighbouring France.

The murders in Tunisia also took place at a resort which has two hotels, both operated by Spanish firm RIU.

Interior Minister Jorge Fernandez Diaz said the decision was made due to the "proximity of our country to the places where some of these attacks took place".

He added: "I have adopted that decision. We are at war with barbarism against civilisation."

Spain and France join African nations Algeria, Tunisia and Egypt on a high level, while Libya - embroiled in civil war - is sandwiched in between.

Turkey, which neighbours war-town Syria, is another British tourist destination on the high alert.  

A number of other holiday hotspots are currently on a general threat level, meaning places frequented by tourists are at risk of terrorism.

These include Greece, which receives a million British visitors each year, as well as Italy and west Africa's Morocco.

Other popular destinations for Brits seeking sun have an underlying threat, meaning attacks are unlikely, include Croatia, Bulgaria and Portugal, which has over two million British visitors each year.

It comes as a number of travel companies have said they will offer those who are booked into holidays in Tunisia the chance to change their plans.

Thomas Cook, Cosmos Holidays, Monarch have all promised to allow tourists to amend their holidays.

The North African country is in the top 20 holiday hotspots for Brits, with nearly 500,000 travelling there each year.

Around 20,000 British tourists are there at the moment.

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