tour operators fly Bali holidaymakers home

TOUR operators have been putting together emergency plans to fly holidaymakers home from Bali following the car bomb explosion in the resort of Kuta on Saturday night.

Latest figures suggest 188 people have died from the blast, which happened outside the Sari nightclub, with 33 Britons among the dead.

Operators are following Foreign and Commonwealth Office advice which warns against all non-essential travel to Indonesia.

Kuoni has 371 clients in Bali, none of whom were affected by the explosion.

ABTA said agents should also follow FCO advice and offer clients an alternative holiday, the chance to postpone a holiday, or a full refund.

“British holidaymakers are extremely resilient,” a spokesman said. “They still want to go on sunshine breaks. It is more likely they will think about where they’re going to go rather than if they’re going to go.”