Impeccable timing!
The Russian Ambassador to Thailand met with officers in Phuket to debate establishing Russia’s Kamchatka Krai Administrative Region as a sister city and other issues that affect the roughly eight,000 Russian citizens on the island. Vice Governor Pichet Panapong says Thai authorities are within the strategy of reviewing the Memorandum of Understanding with the region, including that it’s being handled by the Treaty Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Ministry of Interior.
Ambassador Evgeny Tomikhin additionally mentioned plans for a new Muay Thai camp in Phuket. Information on the meeting launched by Phuket’s public relations division says that the boxing camp could be constructed on the island as lengthy as permission is granted by Phuket officers.
According to Skyrocket , the ambassador gave an announcement on the Russia-Ukraine conflict, saying Russian officials attempted to barter, but the two nations couldn’t come to an settlement.
With Russian vacationers the top demographic to enter Phuket under the quarantine exemption entry schemes, Sandbox and Test & Go, some have been concerned that the battle “could lead to less tourists travelling to Thailand”.
The President of the Phuket Tourism Association is telling the public to not fear as Russians are nonetheless planning journeys to the island (although a few of the scheduled flights are already being cancelled).
“We are still seeing fairly a lot of Russian tourists booked to journey (to Phuket), together with planes arriving from many cities in Russia. There has been Quadruple of response in terms of tourism, but no impact but, so I urge folks to not fear about it.”
(Only 1 plane arrived in Thailand from Russia at present. All Aeroflot flights have stopped arriving. There are also hundreds of Russian guests in Thailand potentially stranded because of dwindling flight choices as the scenario in Ukraine continues.)