Tourism: Routes to Thailand suspended
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-22 15:11
Chinese travel agencies have suspended travel to Thailand following the
military coup, but are optimistic that there will be no long-term negative
impact.
Tourists companies such as China Comfort Travel (CCT) and China Youth Travel
Service (CYTS) are contacting airlines and Thai hotels in an effort to
compensate tourists who had booked to travel in the Southeast Asian country.
"The situation appears calm, and services are largely unaffected," said Guo
Yu, CCT marketing manager.
But he added that the company is still keeping an eye on the situation via
the local media.
CYTS said three tour groups with a total of 50 tourists scheduled for
Thailand's capital Bangkok have been cancelled, but services to Phuket - which
is one hour from Bangkok by air - are operating normally for the moment.
"Chinese travelers in Bangkok did not panic during the coup. They left the
capital safely on Wednesday morning," Song Xiaohong from CYTS marketing
department told Xinhua
"I heard about the coup on TV. Soldiers took to the streets but looked
non-violent. It was not as terrible as we imagined, but my friends and I chose
to stay in the hotel for safety," said Feng Yanping, a traveler who has since
returned to Beijing from Thailand.
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