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Tour operators offer cancellation of nice trips

After the attack in nice, with numerous dead German tour operators offer their customers free transfers and cancellations of already planned trips in the southern French city.

Flowers as a sign of condolence in front of the French Embassy in Berlin

Who at TUI Germany, up to and including 31. July has booked a nice Trip, you can take advantage of these opportunities, said company spokeswoman Anja Braun on Friday. Also, THE tourism and Thomas Cook to meet customers. In the case of tourism, there are fees-free cancellation and rebooking options, for nice holidays with departure up to and including Saturday, said company spokeswoman Catherine Mautz.

Thomas Cook spokeswoman Isabella Partasides said that the organization is nice, could be Trips, up to and including Sunday, free of charge, or cancelled, rebooked.

The tour operators currently have only a small number of tourists in the coastal city. In the case of Thomas Cook it according to the Partasides “a few guests”. This would now be contacted by telephone, you offer help as needed. TUI spokeswoman brown said the number for your company, with 26. THE spokeswoman Mautz said, so far there is hardly any Demand from customers on the topic of nice.

A spokeswoman for the German travel Association said, generally speaking, France is like other Mediterranean countries, a very popular destination for German tourists. This is especially true in the summer, and for the Côte d’azur. How many Germans in the Region around nice drive actually, however, from an industry perspective, difficult to assess, because the tourists often traveled individually, for example, with your own car, there.

In nice, a 31-Year-old on Thursday evening, just after the fireworks on the occasion of the French national holiday, on the beach promenade with a Truck into a crowd of people raced. He killed at least 84 people and injuring more dangerous to life, before he was shot and killed by police officers.

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