Hong Kong halts all tours to Thailand in wake of coup: Report
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All group tours fom Hong Kong to Thailand will be cancelled from tomorrow in the wake of the coup, according to a South China Morning Post report.
Quoting Joseph Tung Yao-chung, executive director of the Travel Industry Council, the daily siad that a total of 70 groups with 1,300 people would be affected.
Six of eight groups scheduled to set off today also decided to cancel the trip, he said, while the remaining two had decided to continue their tours to Chiang Mai and Phuket despite the Thai military announcing a coup and imposing a nighttime curferw yesterday.
Hong Kong raised the travel advice to the maximum level.
“Of course we need to follow the information provided to us by the Security Bureau, so travel agencies have decided to cancel all the tours.”
Thai military leaders on Thursday imposed a nationwide curfew from 10pm until 5am.
