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Thousands of Russian tourists in Thailand are traveling there along the route announced this Sunday by the country’s mission, because Western sanctions imposed in connection with the circumstances in Ukraine have hit holidaymakers, reports France-Presse (AFP) today, March 13.
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Representative of the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Chattan Kunjara Na Ayudhya It is reported that 3,100 Russians are stranded in Phuket, just over 2,000 in Koh Samui, and fewer in Krabi, Phang Nga and Bangkok. The international network is working to help Russians return home, he said, including “discussing return flights that are regular or scheduled.”
Russian tourist and mother of three Evgenia Gozorskaya said that it was discovered in the family that their Aeroflot return tickets had been cancelled.
“We are very nervous because the children are very small, we don’t have enough money to live here,” the 41-year-old psychologist, who arrived from Moscow on February 27 with her husband and children of seven, four and two years old, lamented in an interview with AFP. “We want to go to the airport (Phuket) tomorrow, but I don’t know what the situation will be.”
Although Thailand has not banned flights to developing countries, airspace restrictions have increased to the point that some carriers, including Aeroflot, have canceled flights, forcing tourists to seek alternative routes, such as through the Middle East.
Many also came from the suspension of Visa and Mastercard operations.
“We observed cases with card payments from Russians due to the fact that Mastercard and Visa suspended services in Russia,” said Bhummikitti RuktaengamPresident of the Phuket Tourism Association.
The Thai authorities are considering the possibility of installing the Mir payment system, he added.
According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the country, in January of this year, about 23 thousand Russians took part in Thailand. Tourists from Russia previously made up one-seventh of the kingdoms’ population, with about 1.5 million people visiting Thailand in 2019.
We remind you that Western countries have previously initiated unprecedented meetings due to their toughness of resolutions against Russia. application in connection with a high-speed demilitarization and denazification operation Ukraine prohibits the increased speed of the spread of ships to land, take off or fly over the territory EU sanctions apply and apply to contracts with European lessors.