Deutsche Reiseveranstalter sagen Thailand-Reisen ab

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Deutsche Reiseveranstalter sagen Thailand-Reisen ab

30.03.2011, 14:25 Uhr • Lesezeit: 1 Minute

Von Angelika Gruber

Thailänder fahren am Mittwoch (30.03.2011) durch eine vom Hochwasser überschwemmte Straße in Surat Thani. Tausende Touristen sind in Südthailand wegen schwerer Unwetter und Überschwemmungen gestrandet. Der Flughafen der Kokosnuss-Insel Koh Samui 600 Kilometer südlich von Bangkok war am Dienstag (29.03.2011) geschlossen, weil die Start- und Landebahnen nach tagelangem Dauerregen überflutet waren. Foto: Björn Düss dpa +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

epa02660909 Thai workers clean a flooded damaged hotel lobby at Chaweng beach in the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 30 March 2011. Thousands of tourists are stranded on the holiday island due to storms, high waves and floods disrupting all transport modes to and from the island. Fifty-three national and international flights to Koh Samui have already been cancelled, and all ferry services were stopped. Floods caused by incessant downpours killed 11 people and affected more than 265,000 people in Thailand's provinces rimming the Gulf of Thailand. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

epa02660908 A Thai worker cleans a flood-damaged hotel lobby at Chaweng beach on the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 30 March 2011. Thousands of tourists are stranded on the holiday island due to storms, high waves and floods disrupting all transport modes to and from the island. Fifty-three national and international flights to Koh Samui have already been cancelled, and all ferry services were stopped. Floods caused by incessant downpours killed 11 people and affected more than 265,000 people in Thailand's provinces rimming the Gulf of Thailand. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

epa02660949 Small fishing boats dock near the shore as rain clouds loom during a downpour at the flooded resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 30 March 2011. Thousands of tourists are stranded on the holiday island due to storms, high waves and floods disrupting all transport modes to and from the island. Fifty-three national and international flights to Koh Samui have already been cancelled, and all ferry services were stopped. Floods caused by incessant downpours killed 11 people and affected more than 265,000 people in Thailand's provinces rimming the Gulf of Thailand. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

epa02660895 Stranded foreign and Thai travelers queue up to register for a Thai Royal Navy ship to rescue them from the flooded resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 30 March 2011. Thousands of tourists are stranded on the holiday island due to storms, high waves and floods disrupting all transport modes to and from the island. Fifty-three national and international flights to Koh Samui have already been cancelled, and all ferry services were stopped. Floods caused by incessant downpours killed 11 people and affected more than 265,000 people in Thailand's provinces rimming the Gulf of Thailand. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

epa02660851 Stranded tourists with luggage get on a truck to the airport after some flights managed to take off at the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 30 March 2011. Thousands of tourists are stranded in the holiday island due to a low pressure area that disrupted all transport modes to and from the island. Fifty-three national and international flights to Koh Samui have already been cancelled, and all ferry services were stopped. Floods caused by incessant downpours killed 11 people and affected more than 265,000 people in Thailand's provinces rimming the Gulf of Thailand. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

epa02660849 A stranded foreign tourist with his son on his shoulders wades through water on a flooded street at the resort island of Koh Samui, Surat Thani province, southern Thailand, 30 March 2011. Thousands of tourists are stranded in the holiday island due to a low pressure area that disrupted all transport modes to and from the island. Fifty-three national and international flights to Koh Samui have already been cancelled, and all ferry services were stopped. Floods caused by incessant downpours killed 11 people and affected more than 265,000 people in Thailand's provinces rimming the Gulf of Thailand. EPA/RUNGROJ YONGRIT +++(c) dpa - Bildfunk+++ © dpa | dpa

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visits and inspects the flood situation in Nakhon Sri Thammarat province, south of Bangkok March 30, 2011. Severe flooding and mudslides in southern Thailand have killed 21 people, stranded thousands of tourists and threatened to delay shipments of rubber in the world's largest rubber-producing country, authorities said on Wednesday. Thailand's navy sent four vessels including an amphibious landing craft with on-board helicopters to the rubber-rich region to deliver supplies and rescue tourists and villagers in areas severely hit. REUTERS/Stringer (THAILAND - Tags: POLITICS DISASTER ENVIRONMENT) © REUTERS | REUTERS

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Überschwemmungen auf der thailändischen Urlaubsinsel Koh Samui: Kunden von TUI und Thomas Cook müssen bis 5. April umbuchen.

München. Die großen deutschen Reiseveranstalter sagen Thailand-Reisen nach schweren Überschwemmungen und Erdrutschen dort ab. TUI Deutschland und Thomas Cook (Neckermann) bringen vorerst bis 5. April keine neuen Gäste mehr auf die beliebte Urlaubsinsel Koh Samui, sagten Sprecherinnen der beiden Unternehmen. Kunden könnten ihre Reisen kostenlos umbuchen.

Jene Urlauber, die vor Ort sind, seien teilweise in andere Hotels gebracht worden. TUI hat derzeit rund 400 Gäste auf der Insel, Cook rund 115. „Es gibt einige, die auf ihren Abflug warten“, sagte die TUI-Sprecherin. Der Flughafen auf der Insel werde jedoch immer wieder geschlossen, so dass Maschinen nur sporadisch starten könnten.

Cook bringt die Gäste, die abreisen wollen, daher mit Booten von der Insel weg, um ihnen eine Heimreise zu ermöglichen. „Es regnet immer noch. Es ist nicht absehbar, inwieweit sich die Lage verändern wird“, sagte die Cook-Sprecherin. Von den insgesamt 17 Hotels, die Cook auf der Insel anbiete, seien drei von Überschwemmungen oder Stromausfällen betroffen.

Bei den schweren Überschwemmungen und Erdrutschen in Südthailand sind 21 Menschen ums Leben gekommen. Zugverbindungen wurden unterbrochen und Flughäfen geschlossen, teilten die thailändischen Behörden mit.

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