Three countries have issued alerts on travel to South Africa, warning their citizens to be vigilant because of the recent xenophobic unrest. Australia, the UK and Hong Kong are advising people to avoid areas affected by xenophobia and to monitor the media for information.The UK High Commission website said: "There has been an increase in strike action in South Africa and some demonstrations have turned violent."The Australian High Commission's travel advisory states: "There have been reports of race-related violence in the villages of KwaMashu and Umlazi in KwaZulu-Natal, and in the central business districts of Durban and Johannesburg."The level of this advice has not changed. We continue to advise Australians to exercise a high degree of caution in South Africa."The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, acting autonomously of the Chinese mainland government, issued an amber outbound travel alert for South Africa."Hong Kong people planning to visit the country or who are already there should monitor the situation, exercise caution, attend to personal safety and avoid protests and large gatherings of people," the warning read.The alert provided a hotline number at the Chinese embassy.The mainland Chinese government, however, has not released a travel advisory for South Africa, according to a source.Anderson Lee of the Chinese Community Police Forum in SA said that the local Chinese community was issuing alerts on social media platforms."We have had a lot of phone calls from people asking if they were safe in the country," said Lee, adding that no Chinese had been affected by the recent attacks.Trevor Bloem, the spokesman for the Department of Tourism, said while the xenophobic unrest gave the country a bad image, in practical terms tourists were safe visiting the country as the areas affected were contained."During the riots in London, no one said it was dangerous to visit the city," he said.Stats SA said 934699 tourists visited the country in December last year.Holiday-makers from abroad were predominantly from Europe (67.3%), North America (14.7%), Asia (7.7%) and Australasia (6.7%).The single largest group of tourists came from the UK, with 21.6% of tourists...