According to the data of Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT), the tourist flow from Russia to Thailand increased by 57% in 2011. Thailand received 1 014 000 Russian citizens in 2011.
Even the flood in Thailand didn’t affect the tourist flow from Russia. Every 20th tourist was Russian in Thailand in 2011. Russia took the 4th place in general rating of arrivals to Thailand. Just to note, the Russians took only the 8th place in 2010. Russia outstripped such countries as Korea, USA, Germany, France, UK, and giving way only for Malaysia (2.5 million people), China (1.76 million) and Japan (1.12 million).
The share of the Russians in the total world’s tourist flow to Thailand increased by 2% and amounted to 5.3%. In general, almost 19.8 million foreign tourists visited Thailand in 2011 (+20% in comparison with 2010).
Just to note, according to ATOR Analytical Service, Thailand became one of the priority destinations for the Russians during New Year holidays. A great influence on the growth of tourist flow to Asian countries was exerted by the situation in Egypt. A great excess of the air transportation played its role as well. The operators often had to sell the tickets for unprofitable price. According to the results of the year the tourist flow to Thailand increased but the profit of the tour operators reduced. source: www.atorus.ru
