Thailand

240,000 tourists stranded in Thailand: tourism minister

Bangkok - Thailand's Tourism Minister Weerasak Kowsurat said on Monday that the number of stranded foreign tourists in Thailand have risen to 240,000.

Chaotic Scenes At Airport

Thai airport raid leaves tourists stranded

BANGKOK - Thousands of tourists were left stranded today in Bangkok after anti-government protesters stormed the terminal of one of Asia's busiest airports.

Stranded In Izmir, Turkey For Close To Two Weeks

IIPT and eTurboNews calls for support of Peace Boat

STOWE, VT - IIPT founder and president Louis D’Amore and eTurbo News publisher Thomas Steinmetz is calling for urgent support of Peace Boat, which is facing a critical situation.

Canada

Tourists stranded

About 150 tourists and pheasant hunters were stranded on Pelee Island Sunday afternoon after the ferry ceased operating because of strong winds.

Humanitarian Crisis

Filipinos stranded in Oman and Iran: a “humanitarian crisis”

A team from the Philippine embassy in Muscat has been dispatched to the Omani border where hundreds of Filipinos are stranded due to the recent changes in the UAE's visa regulations.

Seguro Holidays Collapse

British tourists stranded as travel firm Seguro Holidays collapses

Seguro Holidays, which flies holidaymakers from airports in Kent and Ayrshire, has gone into administration.

Zoom Collapse

Thousands of passengers stranded as low-cost airline Zoom collapses

The carrier, which carried 500,000 passengers a year, became the latest victim of soaring fuel prices and the growing crisis in the aviation industry.

South African Airways

South African Airways leaves family stranded in Dubai

A British Family were recently left to fend for themselves in Dubai Airport when South African Airways failed to issue paper tickets for the new code-share route between Dubai and Cape Town.

India

India tourists stranded after group calls strike

CALCUTTA, India - Tens of thousands of tourists were stranded in the tea-growing region of eastern India on Tuesday after a Gurkha separatist group called a strike to press its demand for an independent state, shutting down hotels, shops and roads.

The Gurkha Janamukti Morcha wants a state for ethnic Gurkhas in the hill areas around ... read more

South Africa

Fuse leaves tourists high and dry

For the second time this year tourists have been left dangling in cable cars high above Cape Town's Table Mountain.

On Tuesday, scores of frustrated tourists and locals left the mountain without going on the cable car as intended.

About 70 people got stuck in mid-air in the two cars for 35 minutes when a fuse blew.

Australia By Train...

Tourists stranded on train for 13hrs

Passengers are irate after they were forced to wait onboard the Indian Pacific tourist train for about 13 hours while it was stuck two kilometres outside Broken Hill.

About 200 people were on the train, waiting for work to be completed on rail tracks in Broken Hill, in far western New South Wales.

Oasis Leaves Chaos Behind

Stranded passengers hit by Hong Kong airline closure

Hong Kong - Stranded passengers hit by the closure of Hong Kong's budget airline Oasis besieged the airport Thursday, many trying to find a way home after the troubled airline stopped all flights Wednesday.

An extra flight to help passengers scheduled by Cathay Pacific for Friday has already been filled, while a second flight on Sunday ... read more

Aloha + ATA = 9000 Stuck In Hawaii

Special flights for stranded Hawaii tourists

The Hawaii Tourism Authority has contracted with Hawaiian Airlines to schedule special round-trip flights Monday and Wednesday between Honolulu (HNL) and San Francisco (SFO) to help travelers who were stranded by the sudden shutdown this week of Aloha Airlines and ATA Airlines.

Army To The Rescue

102 stranded tourists rescued from Nathu La

GANGTOK - Armymen of Black Cat division rescued 102 tourists who were stranded during their visit to Nathu La pass and adjoining areas due to inclement weather.

The tourists along with their 15 vehicles were stranded at Nathu La pass and Thegu due to heavy snowfall, on March 21 evening, army release said on Sunday.

Kashmir

Tourists stranded for hours on Gulmarg ropeway

Women cried for help and young boys, restless in fear, behaved like girls when over 100 people were hanging over the cables of Gulmarg Gondola, the world's highest cable car for three hours due to a mechanical failure, Tuesday evening.

The ski resort Gulmarg is hosting fifth Indian winter games this week