The North Korean nuclear threat isn’t deterring Chinese tourists from Guam
Most travel agencies still seeing steady flow of Chinese visitors to the US territory at the centre of a stand-off between Pyongyang and Washington
Chinese tourists are continuing to visit Guam – albeit in small numbers – as residents started to breathe a little more easily after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un backtracked on his threat to the US Territory.
Most Chinese tour agencies said visitor numbers to the Pacific island had so far been unaffected by the nuclear stand-off between Pyongyang and Washington although some firms had stopped taking tours there.
“So far [the missile threat] has not proved a very serious issue for us, so everything’s normal,” said a customer service manager from Jiangsu Singsly Tourism in Suzhou, eastern Jiangsu province.
“A few of our customers just left for Guam this past weekend,” he said, adding that the firm sends between five and 10 clients to the island each week.
China’s biggest online tour agency Ctrip said it had no plans to cancel any of its packages to Guam, though it declined to disclose visitor numbers. Other agencies said most booking services for tours to the island in the upcoming weeks and months remained unaffected.