From the sun-soaked beaches of
Thailand to the foothills of Mount Everest in Nepal, tourists across Asia are finding their dream vacations have turned into travel nightmares as airlines cancel flights and countries close their borders in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic.
Thousands of tourists escaping cold weather in Europe were scrambling this week to find alternative ways to return home from the Thai island of Phuket in the Andaman Sea.
Ksenia Vostriakova and her friends were scheduled to fly back to
Moscow on an April 3
Singapore Airlines flight, but it was among those canceled when the airline slashed its operations.