The Russia-Ukraine crisis will have an adverse impact on foreign tourist arrivals, says a Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) official.
Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, TAT deputy governor for marketing communications, said on Thursday that the Russia-Ukraine dispute will certainly have an immediate effect on the tourism sector.
Following the launch of the government’s “Test & Go” programme for fully vaccinated travellers in November last year, the number of foreign tourist arrivals was around 100,000, about 10% of whom were from Russia, he said.
Mr Siripakorn said many Russian tourists were high-quality tourists, with high spending power, and most travelled with their families. Ukraine also had high-quality tourists, but the…
