Tunisia's TAP news agency says the country's tourism minister, Rene Trabelsi, intervened to resolve an issue that arose with British tourists who'd been staying in a hotel in the resort city of Hammamet. Tunisia's government is offering assurances that Thomas Cook clients won't be prevented from leaving the country, following British media reports that vacationers were blocked at a hotel because of a payment dispute.
The German government did provide a loan to prevent the immediate grounding of insolvent Air Berlin in 2017, but Wagner said every case is different. The British parent company Thomas Cook ceased trading earlier Monday and the future of its German subsidiaries is uncertain. The news agency dpa, citing unidentified government sources, put the figure at about 200 million euros ($220 million). He wouldn't specify how much money it is seeking.
The German government says it is considering a request from the airline Condor, which is owned by Thomas Cook, for a bridging loan but won't say when it will decide.Įconomy Ministry spokesman Korbinian Wagner confirmed Monday that the government had received the application from Condor, which says it is still flying. One media campaign tells British holidaymakers they are "Brelcome" to visit and says "Portugal will never leave you." Portugal already fears fewer tourists due to Brexit, Britain's planned departure from the European Union. Pedro Costa Ferreira, president of Portugal's Association of Travel Agencies, or APAVT, says in the long run hoteliers will need to find other travel companies and use more aggressive marketing to attract British vacationers. Segundo Joao Fernandes, president of the Algarve Regional Tourism authority, says Thomas Cook had already reduced its operations in the popular southern region and that many holiday packages it offered in Portugal relied on flights with other airlines.įernandes told the Expresso newspaper that only 20,000 passengers, about 0.2% of those going through the region's main airport in Faro, had bookings with Thomas Cook in 2019.
Portugal is hoping it will see limited immediate fallout from the collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook but industry officials think the country will need more aggressive tourism marketing. Joanna Florentiadou, general manager at Sentido Sandy Beach Hotel, outside the southern coastal town of Larnaca, told the Associated Press a UK financial protection scheme will cover the costs for the stay and return flights of 30 British holidaymakers staying there.īut it's still unclear what arrangements will be made for the 120 German and 80 Scandinavian guests, including Olsson, who will be permitted to remain in their rooms for the next few days. But he isn't too worried yet because "it's nice to stay here, it's warm." He said Monday he hopes Britain will find a solution.Ī Swedish Thomas Cook customer stranded on Cyprus is making the best of a bad situation, saying he'll enjoy the sunshine until Friday when arrangements will hopefully be made for his return.īengt Olsson from Gothenberg said Monday he's no information on arrangements being made for him and five other Swedes he travelled with to return home. Gambian artist and craftsman Boubacarr Bah says the tourist season is set to begin in October and the company's collapse means that "we are going to suffer the consequences." People in the tiny West African coastal nation say the shutdown could have a devastating impact on tourism, which contributes more than 30% of GDP. Gambian Tourism Minister Hamat Bah has told The Associated Press the country's government has convened an emergency meeting to deal with the collapse of travel company Thomas Cook. consul-general's residence in New York as he attended the U.N. He says tour companies must properly insure themselves against this kind of eventuality. Johnson asks "whether it's right that the directors and the board should pay themselves large sums when a company can go down the tubes like that." He adds Monday that steps needed to be taken so "you don't end up with a situation where the taxpayer, where the state is having to step in and bring people home." Prime Minister Boris Johnson says a "huge effort" is underway to bring home British tourists and passengers stranded by the sudden financial collapse of travel company Thomas Cook. LONDON (AP) - The Latest on the collapse of British tour company Thomas Cook (all times local):
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