11.   At present, public response for local holiday packages has often met with lukewarm response, forcing tour agencies to concentrate on foreign holidaymakers.

12.   Aviation authorities have refused to allow a U.S. airline to fly between the Dominican Republic and Germany, forcing German tour agencies to cancel thousands of vacations.

13.   Calls Tuesday to the tour agency in the Bellerose section were not immediately returned.

14.   He added that the ministry had frozen new applications to register tour agencies in Johor Baru, Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh, Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.

15.   He said several Ukrainian tour agencies were negotiating with local residents to rent their apartments to the guests.

16.   If anything, local travel and tour agencies are hoping the ringgit will stabilise.

17.   It said the city had sought to improve the market by closing down disreputable tour agencies and improving the quality of facilities used by tourists.

18.   It is difficult to predict how well the industry will bounce back, said Patrick Shah, general manager of Abercrombie and Kent, a top tour agency.

19.   Local aviation authorities have refused to allow a U.S. airline to fly between the Dominican Republic and Germany, forcing German tour agencies to cancel thousands of vacations.

20.   Law said the people and the private sector, particularly the tourism industry such as hotels, tour agencies and taxi companies, should give to the fund.