PHUKET: The first direct commercial passenger flight from Russia since the tourism shutdown last year arrived in Phuket yesterday morning (Nov 6), bringing 277 tourists from Moscow.

 

Aeroflot Russian Airlines Flight SU274 from Sheremetyevo International Airport landed at 8:50am.

 

Waiting at Gate 11 to welcome the arrivals were Phuket Vice Governor Phichet Panaphong, Phuket International Airport General Manager Monchai Tanode along with a host of representatives from the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) Phuket office and other government agencies.

 

Full story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/russians-return-to-phuket-81944.php

 

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The departure city, the flight number, and the arrival gate are now forever recorded in the annals of Thai history.  

 

Not quite as significant as Armstrong walking on the moon, but in a nearly post-covid world I humbly suggest the arrival of a bunch of Eastern block tour guides without work permits is truly momentous.

Is to meant to be a good news story!

Once again, there goes the neighbourhood ????????

Did they hare the Moulin Rouger dancers on board, who worked on Bangla pre China Flu ?

How can Russia be on the list of safe countries?

Last 14 days, 549 947 new cases and 16 107 dead from Covid.

 

Seems to be some racist on this board!

Whoever can bring is $$$ are "safe" now...

Excellent news......been looking out for signs that remaining in Isan is the right thing to do.

1 hour ago, Gsxrnz said:

The departure city, the flight number, and the arrival gate are now forever recorded in the annals of Thai history.  

 

Not quite as significant as Armstrong walking on the moon, but in a nearly post-covid world I humbly suggest the arrival of a bunch of Eastern block tour guides without work permits is truly momentous.

They will be so excited when they go out tonight!!

Just now, Almer said:

They will be so excited when they go out tonight!!

Having said that......parts of Nana were rammed last night.....there must be similar places in Phuket?

12 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

Excellent news......been looking out for signs that remaining in Isan is the right thing to do.

Russians with a belly full of vodka are quite obnoxious, and without they are even worse.

37 minutes ago, bokningar said:

How can Russia be on the list of safe countries?

Last 14 days, 549 947 new cases and 16 107 dead from Covid.

 

Russians can come because they have money

The girls on the picture don't look russian.

5 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

The girls on the picture don't look russian.

They would need to pile on at least 100kg to pass as a Russian wife and get poorly bleached hair.

Here they come and soon, the thai government have already someone to blame.

They have retuned to Hua Hin also.

The Russians close schools,shops, restaurants.....but are allowed to travel to Thailand.

Unbelievable.

 

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/11/06/coronavirus-in-russia-the-latest-news-nov-6-a69117

 

Nov. 6: What you need to know today

• Russia on Saturday confirmed 41,335 Covid-19 infections — the highest number of new infections since the beginning of the pandemic — and 1,188 deaths.
• Moscow's shops, schools and restaurants are shuttered until Nov. 7 in a bid to stop a surge in coronavirus infections and deaths that came after vaccination efforts stalled.
• Neither Moscow nor St. Petersburg will extend their non-working period past Nov. 7, the cities' authorities said.
• Russia's single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine produces a strong antibody response among recipients, according to research published Wednesday in leading medical journal The Lancet. Sputnik Light is the first dose of Russia's two-dose Sputnik V vaccine, which is the backbone of Russia's domestic vaccination campaign and is being sold around the world. 
• Russian authorities said Monday that doctors were under "extraordinary" strain due to surging coronavirus cases in Europe's worst-hit country.
• The Novgorod region in northwestern Russia has become the first region to extend the non-working week. It will order all non-essential workers to take a mandated paid holiday for an additional week after Nov. 7.

5 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

Here they come and soon, the thai government have already someone to blame.

Not too dissimilar I imagine to the UK.

It's one big puppet show in this country.

You are welcome with your covid-19.

3 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

PHUKET: The first direct commercial passenger flight from Russia since the tourism shutdown last year arrived in Phuket yesterday morning (Nov 6), bringing 277 tourists from Moscow.

Look-out girls Ivor Tortitshoff is in town.

4 hours ago, bokningar said:

How can Russia be on the list of safe countries?

Last 14 days, 549 947 new cases and 16 107 dead from Covid.

 

All money welcome into the Kingdom.

Regardless who brings it in.

4 hours ago, wannascuba said:

Seems to be some racist on this board!

Ya think!

oh boy, Russia daily cases are exploding, and they are travelling back to Thailand to escape their own lockdowns

 

what possibly could go wrong? ????

Country with half a million secret Covid deaths

It already has one of the world’s highest figures for Covid deaths but a new analysis has said more than three times that number have actually died.

Phuket would expect to receive 300,000 visitors throughout December, giving an average of 10,000 visitors a day, Mr Bhummikitti said.

“The occupancy rate this month could gradually improve to 25-30% from 18-20% in October, before increasing to 35% in December,” he said.

 

How many hotel rooms are there in Phuket? 300,000 travellers in a month, say averaging 10 days so that's 100,000 at any one time, also usually 2 to a room so I make that around 50,000 rooms at peak. That's nowhere near 30%, even if they do somehow hit 10,000 a day.

4 hours ago, bokningar said:

How can Russia be on the list of safe countries?

Last 14 days, 549 947 new cases and 16 107 dead from Covid.

 

and their numbers increasing on a daily basis, not to forget their Sputnik vaccine not FDA approved ...... amazingly $$$$$ (stupxx) thailand

4 minutes ago, madmitch said:

Phuket would expect to receive 300,000 visitors throughout December, giving an average of 10,000 visitors a day, Mr Bhummikitti said.

“The occupancy rate this month could gradually improve to 25-30% from 18-20% in October, before increasing to 35% in December,” he said.

 

How many hotel rooms are there in Phuket? 300,000 travellers in a month, say averaging 10 days so that's 100,000 at any one time, also usually 2 to a room so I make that around 50,000 rooms at peak. That's nowhere near 30%, even if they do somehow hit 10,000 a day.

you forgot to mention that TAT uses a different calculator  pr way of calculating  555

4 hours ago, wannascuba said:

Seems to be some racist on this board!

Perish the thought!

I look nothing like a Russian but years ago when every other tourist was from Russia I learned how to say "No!  Foxtrot Oscar!" in the mother tongue.  Niet! Otvali!

 

Very useful when numerous young Russian blokes approached me while having a quiet smoke outside Central Festival putting two fingers towards their mouth and gutturally uttering (read shouting) "zigaretta".

 

I'm sure my pronunciation is tragic but it got the job done.