More than 50,000 Russian tourists have visited Phuket this month, number one tourist market

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Russian tourists have hit the top of Phuket visitors with more than 50,000 visiting this month, November.

Our previous story:

Russian tourists have hit the top of Phuket visitors in the past ten days.

Now for the update:

The Phuket Immigration Chief Colonel Thanet Sukchai told the Phuket Express that Russian nationals are leading tourists in Phuket this month with more than 55,097 followed by Indians with 26,525, Australians with 13,868, British with 12,340, and Germans with 11,097.”

The Director of the Tourism of Thailand (TAT) Phuket office, Nanthasiri Ronnasiri told the Phuket Express. “From January to October this year Phuket generated more than 119 billion baht. This number shows Phuket tourism has been increased 80 percent even if we don’t have Chinese tourists.”

Chinese tourists had previously been the top market for Phuket but due to China’s ongoing Covid Zero strategy Chinese visitors have still not returned to Thailand due to strict quarantine rules on China’s end.

Meanwhile, although Russians are limited in travel to many nations due to sanctions incurred from the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Thailand is officially neutral in this conflict and therefore is one of the easiest, most accessible, and most desirable countries for Russian visitors to come to.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for five years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.