ISTANBUL — Following a brutal New Year’s Eve ****** at an Istanbul nightclub that ****** 39 people, ******* tourism industry professionals took part in a march on Jan. 3 to ******* a spate of ******** that has crippled the sector.

About 200 people, including restaurateurs, hotel owners and gastronomy students, marched to Reina nightclub where the ****** took place, carrying a large banner that read: “We won’t be daunted! For our tomorrows.”

Turkey’s crucial tourism industry has suffered after a series of recent ******* in the country.

The nightclub assailant, ***** with a long-barrelled ******, ****** a policeman and a civilian early Sunday outside the club before entering and firing at the estimated 600 people inside. Prime Minister ************** confirmed late Sunday that a Canadian was among those who ****.

Nearly two-thirds of the people ****** were foreigners, many from the ***********, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency said. Countries from India to Belgium reported their citizens among the **********. Close to 70 people were *******.

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the nightclub ******.

With file from the Associated Press