TUI cancels all trips to Rhodes due to the forest fires, holidaymakers cannot go back

All travelers who were hurriedly evacuated yesterday will be personally contacted by TUI today so that they can work out the most suitable solution for their situation.

Security Considerations

According to spokesman Piet Demeyere, it is not possible to return the travelers who are now on site to Belgium.

“Although the number of Belgian travelers in the affected region is quite limited, the situation affects many holidaymakers. At this stage of the crisis, it is not yet clear how the coming days will go on the entire island. Due to the unclear circumstances, we have decided for security reasons not to allow any new travelers to Rhodes from today until Tuesday,” it sounds.

“We don’t understand why we left”

Holidaymakers Dieter Verbauwhede and Charlotte Everaed are currently on the island and hope to return home as soon as possible. They don’t understand why they were allowed to leave at all. “Yesterday in Ostend we received the green light to leave for Rhodes. Once we arrived, forest fires were clearly visible from the plane and everyone was amazed by the situation,” says the couple.

“We couldn’t go to our hotel due to forest fires, after an hour of waiting we were finally taken by taxi to another hotel, where we got the last room.”

No prospect of return

The couple from Anzegem only decided on Wednesday to book a last minute, but are now experiencing anything but a holiday. “This morning we received a message from TUI that they have no insight into the situation and we had to leave our room at 11 am. Now we are waiting for more information and we hope to be able to return home as soon as possible. It is a pity that communication is so bad.”

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