China orders travel agencies to suspend tours to contain virus outbreakA passenger looks at a flight information board displaying a cancelled flight to Wuhan in a departure hall at Narita Airport near Tokyo on Thursday. (Bloomberg photo)China has ordered all travel agencies to suspend sales of domestic and international tours as part of an effort to contain the spread of a novel coronavirus that has killed 25 and sickened hundreds. The action comes at the start of the Lunar New Year holidays, when millions of Chinese travel across the country and abroad. In addition to tour operators such as China International Travel Service Corp and UTour Group Co, the local airline industry will be hurt by the suspension. Air China, China Southern Airlines and China Eastern Airlines’s shares have taken a hit since the virus outbreak.

Source: Bangkok Post January 24, 2020 15:11 UTC