A European tourist has completed a hundred days while staying at the airport in Manila, the Philippines, awaiting his flight that was canceled due to measures to counter the spread of the Corona virus.
According to Arabia Net, the Scottish version of the British newspaper, The Sun, said that the Estonian tourist Roman Trofimov was still stuck at Manila airport since the twentieth of last March, where he recently completed The 100 days are in the terminal departures at the airport after being stranded due to the Corona pandemic.
The newspaper likened what happened with the Estonian tourist to the story of a famous movie called (The Terminal) in which the hero Victor lives in John F. Kennedy Airport Hall in New York after the American authorities refuse to enter him to Its territory, and then the transit lounge at the airport turns into the ultimate home of the hero.
Trofimov had arrived at Manila airport on the twentieth of March, coming from the Thai capital, Bangkok, via a flight belonging to Air Asia, while the company says that it is no longer able to He was sent back to Bangkok due to the restrictions imposed by the authorities there to combat Corona, and he was unable to enter the Philippines nor continue his journey, so he had to live in the airport since that time.
Roman Troofimov says that the Filipino authorities do not allow him to obtain an entry visa upon arrival at the airport, nor is he able to return to Thailand nor to return to his country of origin, While he was on vacation, he visited several places in Asia before the closure came into effect due to Corona.
On Tuesday 7th July 2020, Trofimov completed 110 days residing in the departures hall at Manila Airport, the Philippines.
The Sun newspaper quoted Roman Trofimov as saying that his condition was similar to that of the prisoner because of the impasse in which he had been in for more than three months.
He said: I have been here for more than 100 days. I need help getting out, he added: The airline said I need to wait until the close is over before letting me fly ... I've been waiting here ever since.
Roman had made a flight to the Philippine province of Cebu booked on March 20 and a return flight to Bangkok on April 2, but both flights were canceled due to the closure, which affected On the international travel movement.
Trofimov said that he asked for help from his embassy, but they were unable to organize a return trip for him, and since that time he slept in the airport departure hall and lived on food and light meals that he donated. Airport staff for him.
