Zeng Yi, manager of marketing with tourist agency Nanhu, said more than 200 tourists were still travelling in some scenic spots in Xinjiang, but outside Urumqi.

'It is safe there. We have cancelled traditional visiting and shopping excursions to Urumqi and the tourists will directly go to the airport after finishing the trip,' he said.

A manager with the China International Travel Service in Beijing said their only tourist group in Xinjiang was coming back before finishing the scheduled trip.

'The group was not in Urumqi when the violence broke out Sunday and the tourists are safe,' the manager said.