Tour companies evacuated hundreds of vacationers from Kenya after various nations issued travel alerts that warned of a `` high threat '' of terrorist attacks . All-inclusive tour company First Choice and Thomson Airways said they were canceling trips to the coastal area of Mombasa until the end of October . They transported about 200 vacationers to London on Friday morning . By the end of evacuations Friday night , both said they expect all their 400 vacationers to be out . `` As a precautionary measure , we have also taken the decision to repatriate all customers currently on holiday in Kenya , including our air fare passengers back to the UK on Thursday and Friday , '' Thomson said in a statement . A day before the evacuations , the UK Foreign Office advised against nonessential travel to various areas , including the Mombasa coastal region . It urged tourists with nonessential travel to leave . `` There is a high threat from terrorism , including kidnapping ... from extremists linked to Al-Shabaab , a militant group that has carried out attacks in response to Kenya 's military intervention in Somalia , '' the UK alert said . The United States also updated its travel warning this week , citing the potential for terrorist attacks in Nairobi and the coastal cities of Mombasa and Diani . Australia also urged its nationals to reconsider travel to those areas . Kenyan authorities described the warnings as `` unfriendly acts '' and said security remains a top priority . `` Issuance of such travel advisories only plays to ... spread fear and panic , '' the Kenyan Foreign Ministry said in a statement . The Kenyan military crossed into Somalia in 2011 to battle the terrorist group Al-Shabaab , which it blamed for kidnapping tourists in the coastal region . In retaliation , the terrorist group has launched a spate of attacks , including targeting bustling bus stations with grenades . Last year , militants stormed the Westgate Mall in Nairobi and held shoppers under siege for days . At least 67 people were killed . There are about 5,000 British nationals living along the Kenyan coast , according to the Foreign Office . About 10 % of those are in Mombasa and surrounding areas .
About 200 people evacuated so far . Thomson Airways says it 's canceling trips to Mombasa until the end of October . The evacuation comes after U.S. , Australia , UK issue travel alerts . Comment: