Thailand can enter the TOP-5 foreign destinations for Russian tourists for the New Year holidays, competing with Turkey, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, and the Maldives.

The tour operator Russian Express put up for sale tours to Phuket (Thailand), which are arranged on the basis of guaranteed blocks of seats on the flights of the company's strategic partner, the national carrier of Abu Dhabi - Etihad.

Following Anex Tour, which recently announced the launch of sales of package tours to Thailand from six cities of Russia, several other tour operators have taken the decision to expand the geography of their offers to Thailand.

From January to July of this year, 76 000 tourists from Russia visited Thailand, and this has already exceeded the values of the whole 2021. By the end of 2022, Thailand will receive a maximum of 200-250 thousand Russian tourists.

The sale of popular resorts on direct flights of Aeroflot was announced by the tour operator Tez-tour. According to the press service of the tour operator, the sale of tours to Thailand and the Maldives is opened on the basis of direct regular daily flights of Aeroflot.

According to the Aeroflot website, the start of the flight program from Moscow to Phuket is scheduled for October 30. Flight frequency is daily.

The volume of implementation of tours to Thailand for the autumn and winter seasons is showing steady growth. Tourists began again to plan their holidays in the Kingdom long before it starts.

Thailand has completely canceled quarantine for Russian tourists vaccinated with Sputnik V. This was reported by the Russian Embassy in the Kingdom.

Ural Airlines canceled flights to Thailand and Turkey.

S7 was forced to partially reduce the flight program due to the imposed sanctions and cancel some flights to international destinations, the carrier's telegram channel reported on March 3. The adjustments affected Egypt, Thailand and South Korea.

Russian tourists vaccinated with Sputnik Light will be able to enter Thailand under the "sandbox" program without going through quarantine. The rules for those vaccinated with Sputnik Light are similar to the conditions that apply to those vaccinated with Sputnik V for entry under the sandbox program.

From February 1, Russian tourists will be able to relax in any province of Thailand without quarantine on the second day of their stay in the country.

According to the results of the first four days of 2022, Russian tourists continue to be on the leading position in the number of arriving of travelers to Thailand.

For the first time in history, at the end of November, Russia became the leader in the number of tourists arriving in Phuket, the main resort in Thailand.

Despite the resumption of regular flights with Thailand from November 9, travel companies do not expect high demand for tours to the country, despite the rather attractive prices.

The Association of Tour Operators of Russia has published a memo with the rules of entry for tourists to countries, air traffic with which Russia will restore in November.

From November 9, the Operational Headquarters removes all restrictions on regular and charter flights to Hurghada and Sharm el-Sheikh. Also, restrictions on air traffic with Austria, Switzerland, Finland and the United Arab Emirates were lifted. New destinations opened, including Thailand and Tunisia.

From October 1, the sandbox program (currently in operation for Phuket and Koh Samui) will be expanded up to Bangkok and 7 more provinces, including Pattaya. This will allow Russian tourists to visit Bangkok and Pattaya without quarantine.

Thailand allowed tourists vaccinated with the Russian Sputnik V vaccine to enter Phuket Island and other tourist areas included in the Phuket Sandbox and 7+7 programs from September 1, without having to undergo a 14-day quarantine.

Thailand has allowed tourists vaccinated with the Sputnik V vaccine to enter certain tourist areas of the country.

In Thailand, after Phuket, several islands were opened for vaccinated Russian tourists.

Russia was included in the "yellow" list of countries, according to the decision of the Department of Disease Control of Thailand.

Russian airlines Aeroflot and S7 have opened the sale of tickets to Thailand: flights from Moscow and Novosibirsk are currently available for booking.

Tourists from Russia can now come to Thailand not only with the purpose of treatment, but also for recreation. From the beginning of November, you can get a special tourist visa for a period of 60 days with the possibility of extending for another 30 days.

The overwhelming majority (65%) of survey, conducted from August 18 to September 1 on the Russian tourist portal TourDom.ru, believes that it is inexpedient to fly to Thailand in conditions of severe restrictions there.