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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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