Residents living in Tripoli have seen their fuel supplies being heavily rationed, food prices rising conspicuously and the country’s electricity grid is failing, leaving many Libyans without power in daytime temperatures approaching 104 degrees. But some politicians, like Prime Minister al-Baghdadi al-Mahmudi, say, "We are happy that these Libyan cities and towns are getting so much attention daily by the world’s media – it will be good for our tourism industry.”