NEW DELHI: The UK, Canada and Australia have issued travel advisories asking their citizens to exercise caution within hours of the twin blasts in Hyderabad. The Australian advisory is significant as it comes a week before the second Test match between India and Australia scheduled to be played in Hyderabad on March 2. Though officials have said that the match will be held as scheduled, tour operators apprehend cancellations by spectators.
In its advisories, the UK's Foreign and Commonwealth office said, ``On 21st February two bombs exploded in Hyderabad in the busy Dilsukhnagar area of the city killing 14 people and injuring 80. You should avoid the area.''
Australian advisory asked its citizens to monitor the situation through media and follow the advice of local authorities. ``We advice you to exercise a degree of caution in India at this time because of the risk of terrorism...''
The Canadian government clarified ``There is no nationwide advisory in effect for India. However, you should exercise a high degree of caution due to a continuing threat of terrorist attacks throughout the country at all times.''
Travel industry executives said that while one advisory would not have had such an impact, there had been a series of bad news in the last few months. ``It first started with the Delhi gang-rape, then swine flu and now the blasts such incidents send out the message that India is not a safe place to travel and hurts our global image,'' Subhash Goyal, president of Indian Association of Tour Operators (IOTA), said.
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