Macau Travel Industry Council president Andy Wu Keng Kuong said most of the city’s travel agencies have extended their cancellations of Bangkok tours to those departing on or before September 10, as the situation in the Thai capital is still uncertain following a deadly bomb attack last Monday. The travel association head spoke of the industry decision to local broadcaster TDM Radio yesterday. However, he said tours to the country’s northern city of Chiang Mai are not affected. After the blast in the capital of the Southeast Asian country killed at least 22 and wounded more than 100, the city’s outbound tours to Bangkok departing on or before August 23 were announced cancelled last Tuesday. According to Mr. Wu, travel companies have offered to change the destination of affected customers or to credit them for six months if the flights of their affected tours are operated by carrier Air Macau. He said customers that decided to change their destinations primarily chose Japan or South Korea, noting there are also some deciding to keep the credits for Bangkok tours for Christmas. The city’s Tourism Crisis Management Office has not yet taken down the travel security alert to the Thai capital that was issued last Tuesday, while Hong Kong authorities are also warning residents to avoid the Thai city with a red travel alert.
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