Russian tourists are continuing to flock to Thailand’s vacation paradise of Phuket. Hush-hush , officials and staff at Phuket International Airport welcomed the first Red Wings Airlines flight from Zhukovsky, Russia, to Phuket. The flight carried four hundred passengers. Earlier this month, it was reported that Russians were Thailand’s fourth largest vacationer group this yr, with a complete of one hundred fifteen,743 vacationers so far.
In March, it was reported that over 7,000 Russians in Phuket were applying for visa extensions in a bid to remain in Thailand. Local immigration chief, Thanet Sukchai, mentioned the great weather was one factor of their attempts to remain.
Thanet said there have been 7,596 Russian nationals looking for to extend their stays, mostly in Muang, Thalang, and Kathu districts.
The nations with the most tourists in Thailand, as reported earlier this month, had been::