Yahoo – AFP,
10 July 2014
Germany's biggest travel group, TUI, said Thursday it had called off all tours through Israel until the end of the month over the recent eruption of violence in the region.
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| The logo of German tourism group TUI, seen at Berlin's Tegel Airport on February 4, 2011. (AFP File) |
Germany's biggest travel group, TUI, said Thursday it had called off all tours through Israel until the end of the month over the recent eruption of violence in the region.
"TUI
Germany is reacting to the current situation in Israel and has cancelled all
tours in the country until July 31 inclusive," the company said in a
statement.
"Holidaymakers
who have booked a TUI tour through Israel in the next three weeks will be
contacted."
The company
said it would accept no new bookings for Israel with departure dates in the
next three weeks.
Clients who
had planned package trips or reserved hotel rooms in Israel that begin before
the end of the month would be informed of the German foreign ministry's current
travel advisory for the country and asked to reconsider their travel plans, it
said.
Such
travellers "can postpone or change their travel plans at no extra
charge," the company said.
Current
German foreign ministry travel advisory notes there have been "massive
rocket and mortar attacks on Israeli territory from the Gaza Strip in recent
days," adding that the Tel Aviv region had also been targeted.
"The
Israeli forces have started a military operation to stop such attacks. (But)
one must assume the attacks will continue," it said.
No Israelis
have been reported dead in the latest violence, but Hamas has launched waves of
rockets across central Israel.
The overall
number of Gazans killed since Israel on Tuesday launched Operation Protective
Edge to halt cross-border rocket fire reached 76 on Thursday.
Israeli
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed even tougher action against Hamas,
despite growing international calls for a ceasefire in the worst confrontation
in Gaza since 2012.
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