European visitors explore M’sia while awaiting flights home

Up in the air: A file picture of people looking at the flight schedule at Kuala Lumpur International Airport. As the ongoing conflict in the Middle East continues to cause travel disruptions, some European tourists are making the most of their extra time in Malaysia. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Flights are cancelled, schedules are in chaos and scores of European tourists are still waiting to go home, three weeks after the United States and Israeli attack on Iran.

Some of them like retiree John Williams, 61, and his wife Gillian, 60, from the United Kingdom are making good use of their “extended” time in Malaysia.