Thursday, 28/05/2009– Following the A/H1N1 Influenza outbreak, the China National Tourism Administration has issued travel warnings regarding travel to H1N1-affected areas including North America and Europe, although it has not yet (officially) suspended any of the tours affected. However, some travel agencies have suspended tours to the US out of careful consideration.
Since the end of April, Beijing Shenzhou International Travel Service Group has received a succession of cancellation requests from tour groups. It has currently halted most of its tour groups to the US. Kanghui Travel Service has cancelled 80 percent of its overseas tour plans.
Flights from Beijing to the US to continue as normal. By 5 pm on May 11, flights scheduled to the US were taking off and landing as normal at Beijing Capital International Airport. People came and left via the dining area of the airport and the operation went smoothly.
The media and publicity department at Beijing Capital International Airport said that the airport has not received any instruction for coping with the increased-level epidemic. At present, epidemic prevention and quarantine work at the airport is being carried out as before.