Hundreds European tourist stuck
Volcanic ash cloud volcano in Iceland Eyjafjallajökull disrupt airline service across the world. Flight services disrupted due to this, hundreds of foreign tourists from various European countries filled the departure terminals at Ngurah Rai Airport, can not return to their country for a while.
Dozens of foreign tourists, lined up this afternoon looking at the ticket window one foreign airlines, at Ngurah Rai Airport. Tourists are being lined up are from various countries in Europe such as England, Germany, France, Holland and other European countries.
The foreign tourists must be willing to queue for hours to find a plane ticket to get home back to his country.
Most of these tourists had already pocketed a return ticket back to his country in Europe. But now all the flights to Europe are listed on the ticket had been canceled, to anticipate the adverse effects of volcanic ash in Iceland.
Some tourists from Europe chose to extend the period of stay (overstayed) in Bali. Some again chose to stay left Bali, there is no guarantee although will get flights to Europe.
"This is a big problem for us, we really can not do nothing here, really stuck here (Ngurah Rai)," said Anthony, one British tourist.
Based on data from PT Angkasa Pura Ngurah Rai Branch, until today there are 600 more foreign tourists from Europe who are stuck in Bali, can not go back to his country.
"Hundreds of foreign tourists had been due to use of five foreign airlines such as Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Thai Airways, Korean Airlines, Qatar Airways," explained General Manager of PT Angkasa Pura Ngurah Rai, Heru Water Resources, this afternoon.