China travel agencies ‘suspend Philippine tours’
10 May 2012Most travel agencies in China have suspended tours to the Philippines amidst escalating tension in the South China Sea, Chinese state media said.
The agencies would also ”’adopt precautionary measures to ensure safety of their clients'” now in the Philippines’, Xinhua news agency said.
The two countries have been locked in a stand-off in disputed waters at the Scarborough Shoal since 8 April.
source: bbc.co.uk
