Chinese scrap Philippine trips after hijacking: report
BEIJING - Travellers from Hong Kong and mainland China have cancelled more than 1,000 Philippine package tours after eight Hong Kong tourists were killed in a bus hijacking in Manila, state media said Monday.
The Philippine tourism industry could suffer resulting losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars over the next three months, the China Daily reported, citing Philippine Department of Tourism Under-Secretary Simeon P. Marfori.
It said Marfori was speaking at an international travel forum in southern China.
Hong Kong tourists accounted for one in ten of all inbound tourists to the Philippines while Chinese tourists represented the highest growth market of visitors to the country, Marfori said. The report provided no other figures.
On August 23, a disgruntled former policeman commandeered a bus carrying 25 Hong Kong tourists in a bid to win his job back.
Eight of the tourists died during a botched police rescue bid that also left the hostage-taker dead.
On the following day, China's National Tourism Administration urged its citizens travelling to the Philippines to exercise caution.
The administration did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment on Monday.
A Shanghai-based customer service representative at China International Travel Service (CITS), who declined to be named, said the travel agency stopped offering group tours to the Philippines after the hijacking.
"People were scared. No one wants to go there. Service will resume only after the impact of the hostage incident subsides," she told AFP.
She added CITS would offer no package tours to the southeast Asian country during the National Day holiday in October, a peak season for Chinese tourism.
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Sick man of ASia
Please help the SICK man of ASIA get well. Monitor all activities and Pork barrels of the leeches in government. Senadores, tongressista. PNP, BIR, Customs etc.
Boycott
Boycott chinese products and establishments, send them back to China. Sama niyo na rin mga magnanakaw sa gobyerno. Kundi ngayon kelan pa????
I’d like to see the Philippines economy
or for that matter the economy of the whole of Asia if ALL Chinese would move back to China, they would ALL be bankrupt!!!
As much as I don’t agree with the decision of the Chinese to cancel their trip, to say ALL CHINESE OUT or WHO NEEDS THE CHINESE just show that most people have NO idea how business in Asia works.
Please, please think before you comment or protect us from your rubbish by staying away from here.
In reaction to such comments
In reaction to such comments as "Go and Cancel! We don't need them! The Chinese can go to hell!"
Talk about immaturity. No wonder the country is unable to grow and attain the respect and admiration it so desperately craves. When faced by outside criticisms and/or negative perceptions, rather than deal with it upfront and understand and arrest its cause, the immediate reaction instead is to turn defensive and lash out with hostility.
Truly a country in denial. Too proud to admit its mistakes and shortcomings, yet none too bright to realize it either.
The rest of the world goes on I suppose, carried forward by progress and prosperity, and the Philippines will still be stuck where it is: blinded by its own misguided sense of pride and wallowing in bitterness, fatalist anger, and self-pity. (And no doubt still issuing "persona non gratas," as if anyone really cares...)
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Who Needs Them
Almost every major Shabu lab, DVD duplicating and prostitution ring has been run by a Chinese national.
With all the cancellations from mainland (Communist) China the crime rate might drop in the Philippines.
Racist Comments Not Acceptable
There are so many racist comments against the Chinese in this forum, and that is not a good thing and not the civilized way to express one's feelings.
Who gets hurt financially are the many Filipinos and their families who work in the tourism industry. The more money the tourists bring in, the better it is for the country as a whole.. This means more jobs not just in the tourism industry, but the many businesses that support the hotels, restaurants etc, etc.
Racism does not have a place in a civilized society.
Chinnesse Get A life
Oh boy!please let it go..And don"t ever ever blame Mr President Noy kakaumpisa lang niya,,Give him a fucking break.What happened to a previous administration how come the SWAT team has no sufficient training NASAAN AND MGA PERA,nakakahiya tayo.To much emotional...let it go mas maraming pang worst diyan!!!How about people died in 911 and
Pakistan tragedy,KATRINA..PLEASE..BE MATURED!!HINDI LANG STIR FRY..AND DIMSUM ANG PAGKAIN!.....SO MUCH IMMATURE.
Good, stay the fuck out! We
Good, stay the fuck out! We don't want you here in our country!!!
Walang Kwenta
Pabayaan niyo na lang ang mga Chinese. Wala namang kwenta ang mga yan.
PARANG MAY SAKIT NA KETONG ANG PILIPINAS.
Dahil sa kapabayaan ng ating mga pinuno, maraming Pilipino ang apektado nitong nangyaring pagkamatay ng mga bisita sa ating bayan. Malaki ang influencia ng China sa buong mundo at nakikita ng ibang bansa ang kanilang pagkagalit.
Hanggang ngayon wala kang nakikitang ginagawa itong mahal nating presidente, para bang nangangapa siya sa dilim dahil ang kanyang DFA Secretary ay walang naitutulong upang magawa niya ang mga tamang hakbang at kalamayin ang kalooban ng mga Chinese.