Russia has maintained a strong position in terms of tourist flow to Thailand. At the beginning of April, Russia took the third place of the top entry markets for Thailand.

The tour operator Anex Tour announced the extension of the charter program to Thailand for the summer season. The flight program to Pattaya starts on May 1 and ends on October 28. Red Wings will fly to Pattaya from Moscow (Domodedovo) twice a week.

Egypt moved from the third position to the first since March 8, having increased its share by 6 points. The UAE lost a little - 2 points, Thailand lost 5 points. And Turkey, on the contrary, increased its share by 4 points.

In spring tour operators do not expect a noticeable decline of tourist activity in the Thai destination. All experts agree that in the spring season Thailand will be able to maintain its position in the list of the most popular countries among Russians.

In 2022, Thailand accepted 435 008 Russians. This is more than 14 times or 131,4% more than in 2021, when only 30 759 Russians came to Thailand.

Russia entered the TOP-10 countries in terms of tourist flow to Thailand in 2022. 435 thousand citizens of the country visited the country, while in 2021 the tourist flow amounted to only 30,7 thousand people.

99 593 tourists from Russia visited Thailand from January 1 to January 15, 2023. And this is the best result among all countries.

To meet the increased demand for holidays in Thailand among Russian tourists, the tour operator Fun&Sun has decided to expand its flight offers to the destination. Flight novelties refer to the resort of Pattaya.

This year, 1,5 million tourists have holidays with the tour operator Fun&Sun. By the end of 2023, the company plans to send 2,5 million tourists.

There is an addition for the Thai flight assortment of Aeroflot. From January 18, a flight from Irkutsk to Bangkok will be added to the flights to Phuket and Bangkok from Moscow, Krasnoyarsk, Novosibirsk and Vladivostok.

Following the results of 11 months of this year, Thailand received 256,5 thousand tourists from Russia. From January to March 2023, Thailand can accept more than 377,5 thousand Russian tourists.

Starting December 27, Red Wings will operate flights from Moscow to Pattaya (Utapao Airport) twice a week (on Tuesdays and Fridays). The program will run until the end of March.

Additional permits for flights to the most of the "winter" resorts were requested by Russian carriers.The main destinations are Thailand, as well as the Indian resort of Goa and other warm countries.

In November 2022, Russia showed the best figures in terms of tourist flow to Thailand among all European countries due to extensive charter program, attractive prices that are as close as possible to the level of 2019, and the complete removal of all covid restrictions on entry into the country.

The company decided to expand the geography of flights to Thailand. From the beginning of December, one more city -Vladivostok - will be added to the seven departure cities.

The success of the first flight programs to Thailand from Moscow, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk and Vladivostok was continued by charter programs from Kemerovo, Khabarovsk and Irkutsk.

Today, Russia is in the TOP-10 in terms of tourist flow to Thailand and has every chance in the very near future to significantly strengthen its position. In total, 147 030 Russians visited Thailand over 10 months of 2022.

With the increase of the number of flights from Moscow to the resorts of Thailand, the prices for tours have become noticeably more attractive. In particular, tours to Pattaya are offered almost 2 times cheaper.

Tourists, according to tour operators, have changed their consumer preferences. More often they choose high-quality hotels of the 4-5 * category for their vacation, less often - 3*. The preferred type of food for 90% of tourists who fly for vacation in Thailand is breakfast (BB).

Anex Tour launches its own flight programs to Thailand from five cities in Siberia and the Far East. Intourist takes blocks of seats on the flights from three cities.

Pegas Touristik will increase the number of offers of tours to Phuket for the autumn-winter season with direct flights from Russian cities. Flights from Khabarovsk, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk and Novosibirsk are added to Ikar flights from Moscow.

It is not necessary to count on a significant reduction of the price to Thailand, as well as on last-minute tours in the autumn-winter season.

S7 Airlines plans to launch flights between Irkutsk and Bangkok. The start of the program is scheduled for November 2. Flights will be operated five times a week, and from December 12 - daily. Tickets are already on sale.

S7 to launch flights from Irkutsk to Bangkok from November 2. And already today, four tour operators - Anex Tour, Pax, Pac Group and Pegas Touristik - announced the launch of sales of tours arranged on this transportation.

Aeroflot's direct flights to Phuket, starting on October 30, have been added by Ikar charter flights to Phuket from October 29. These companies will transport Pegas Touristik tourists to the island.