Tourists on their way home from Philippines
By Zha Minjie |
May 14, 2012, Monday
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ALL Chinese tourist groups currently in the Philippines are expected to be back home by Wednesday, China's tourism administration said yesterday.
The administration said there were 24 tourism groups with 682 people in the Philippines as of late yesterday.
That number will decrease to seven groups and 211 people by today and tomorrow.
Almost all Chinese people on group tours will return to China by Wednesday, as that is the final contract day for groups currently in the Philippines, an official with the National Tourism Administration told Xinhua news agency. "That mostly means that no one traveling in tour groups will be staying in the Philippines after May 16," the official said.
The administration published a statement last Thursday suggesting Chinese tourists suspend travel to the Philippines because of protests there in connection with the Huangyan Island standoff.
China has urged the Philippines to ensure the safety of its citizens.
Most travel agencies in China have suspended or halted tours to the Philippines.
On a flight to the Philippines from Shanghai on Friday there were only three passengers - two Shanghai reporters and an American. And at a tourism show at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Jing'an District over the weekend, the Philippines stand saw few visitors.
The monthlong standoff began when the Philippines sent a warship to harass 12 Chinese fishing vessels which sailed into the waters off Huangyan Island to shelter from bad weather. Two Chinese maritime surveillance ships then arrived to protect the fishermen.
The administration said there were 24 tourism groups with 682 people in the Philippines as of late yesterday.
That number will decrease to seven groups and 211 people by today and tomorrow.
Almost all Chinese people on group tours will return to China by Wednesday, as that is the final contract day for groups currently in the Philippines, an official with the National Tourism Administration told Xinhua news agency. "That mostly means that no one traveling in tour groups will be staying in the Philippines after May 16," the official said.
The administration published a statement last Thursday suggesting Chinese tourists suspend travel to the Philippines because of protests there in connection with the Huangyan Island standoff.
China has urged the Philippines to ensure the safety of its citizens.
Most travel agencies in China have suspended or halted tours to the Philippines.
On a flight to the Philippines from Shanghai on Friday there were only three passengers - two Shanghai reporters and an American. And at a tourism show at the Shanghai Exhibition Center in Jing'an District over the weekend, the Philippines stand saw few visitors.
The monthlong standoff began when the Philippines sent a warship to harass 12 Chinese fishing vessels which sailed into the waters off Huangyan Island to shelter from bad weather. Two Chinese maritime surveillance ships then arrived to protect the fishermen.
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