The departures of tourists to Egypt suspended
Egypt is safer. After the violent demonstrations against Mubarak in recent days, the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs recommends to "defer all travel" to the non-emergency countries. One can read in the Travel section of the site of the Quai d'Orsay that "French people there are asked to limit their movements to a minimum and to stay away from crowds."
Accordingly, the National Union of Travel Agencies (SNAV) said on Sunday suspended all departures vacationers "until further notice." Notably, "there will be no departures tomorrow (Monday)," said Georges Colson, chairman of the professional organization. For clients on site, they "extend their stay and return without incident happen normally. Charter flights are parties to seek empty of customers.There was no notable incident. "Toursits Nearly 1,000 French are still in the country. They were 4,000 in the beginning of the weekend, according to tour operators.
Customers affected by the suspension of departures "may defer travel free at a later date on Egypt or any other destination programmed by the tour operator, has previously provided the Centre for the Study of tour operators (CETO) in a statement flexcheck cash advance.
By Friday evening, the French tour operators have suspended all departures scheduled this weekend to Egypt, following a request from French Foreign nationals "limit" their movements in this country. In 2010, 600,000 French surrendered in Egypt. Belgian tour operators have also decided on Saturday to suspend departures until Monday included.They do not plan to repatriate their customers already there.
Contagion events in North Africa has enough to worry the French tour operators. Tunisia is the first travel destination of the French, ahead of Morocco and Egypt.
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