After driedfruit claiming that the situation in Ukraine wouldn’t affect UK to Thailand flights, officers from the Tourism Authority of Thailand now say the Russia-Ukraine battle WILL impact tourism to Thailand.
TAT’s deputy governor for advertising communications has now told the Bangkok Post that individuals may resolve to cancel journeys to Thailand because many airlines have had to divert or cancel their flights. The deputy governor additionally mentioned it’s too quickly to to asses the influence, though.
“The TAT can only closely monitor the state of affairs and preserve consistent communication with the personal sector in the country and overseas.”
The deputy governor added that many Russian and Ukrainian tourists are “high-quality” tourists, however more Russian vacationers come to Thailand than Ukrainians. He said Russians often journey with their households, and have high spending energy. The TAT governor said last yr in November, Russian vacationers made up 10% of the one hundred,000 international tourists that arrived after Test & Go began.
Russians have continued to move into Thailand on both the Sandbox and Test & Go packages since then..