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| Travel firms cancel Kenya trips | Travel firms cancel Kenya trips |
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| UK travel companies have cancelled holidays to Kenya until Monday, the Federation of Tour Operators has announced. | UK travel companies have cancelled holidays to Kenya until Monday, the Federation of Tour Operators has announced. |
| The move comes after all the UK's major tour operators on Thursday suspended holidays to Kenya for two days. | The move comes after all the UK's major tour operators on Thursday suspended holidays to Kenya for two days. |
| Operators began cancelling flights following Foreign Office advice that people should only take essential trips to the East African country. | Operators began cancelling flights following Foreign Office advice that people should only take essential trips to the East African country. |
| More than 300 people have been killed in Kenya in post-election rioting. | More than 300 people have been killed in Kenya in post-election rioting. |
| Violence erupted on 27 December after claims of vote rigging in the presidential polls. | Violence erupted on 27 December after claims of vote rigging in the presidential polls. |
| The Foreign Office has urged anyone in areas affected by the violence, including Mombasa, Eldoret and Kisumu, to remain indoors and to "exercise extreme caution". | The Foreign Office has urged anyone in areas affected by the violence, including Mombasa, Eldoret and Kisumu, to remain indoors and to "exercise extreme caution". |
| Federation of Tour Operators (FTO) spokesman Graham Lancaster said: "Foreign Office advice against all but essential travel to Kenya is still in place and we thought it best to extend the cancellation dates." | |
| Monday is a major return-home day for UK tourists in Kenya and holiday airlines would be sending planes to the country to bring people back, he added. | |
| "About 500 people are affected by the cancellation of trips on Sunday and Monday. The FTO will be deciding over the weekend on holiday arrangements for the days after Monday." | |
| British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Kenya Airways are continuing UK-Kenya scheduled services as normal. |