The Russians Are Coming

[LaoPo]

The Russians are coming:

'Just' 22.567 to Samui - 4.218 to Phangan - 2.152 Tao - 2006

Did you see/meet any of them and where do they stay ?

http://www.samuiexpress.net/?q=node/858

"......the association will push the idea of chartered flights from Russia to Suratthani airport with the coordination of boat and ferry operators to provide continuous travel as Russian tourists like to travel conveniently.."

LaoPo

[Boltd]

The Russians are coming:

'Just' 22.567 to Samui - 4.218 to Phangan - 2.152 Tao - 2006

Did you see/meet any of them and where do they stay ?

http://www.samuiexpress.net/?q=node/858

"......the association will push the idea of chartered flights from Russia to Suratthani airport with the coordination of boat and ferry operators to provide continuous travel as Russian tourists like to travel conveniently.."

LaoPo

Great News, from past experiences on the Island the Russians that do come on holidays here are very well off and stay in Top end hotels, only problem is They STAY in the hotel's and don't support local business - Not all now mind but most. I welcome the Russians with open arms - the more tourists coming to this lovely Island the better for all.

Air Astana ( Kazakhstan Airline ) fly direct to Bangkok 3 days a week from Almaty and are completely full but most of these Kazak's stay on the main land - we need to try entice these people to the Islands - I'm sure the only thing stoping these people is the 8K TB return airfare with BKKA.

[goldfinger]

...maybe Wodka is cheaper in BKK than in USM.....

[lazeeboy]

...maybe Wodka is cheaper in BKK than in USM.....

the islander pub and restaurant get so many ,they have menu's in russian .

[PoorSucker]

The russians still has to apply for Visa or get VoA for 15 days.

[londonthai]

no, they don't have to apply since spring this year for up to 30 days

[koheesti]

Great News, from past experiences on the Island the Russians that do come on holidays here are very well off and stay in Top end hotels, only problem is They STAY in the hotel's and don't support local business - Not all now mind but most. I welcome the Russians with open arms - the more tourists coming to this lovely Island the better for all.

I'm sure the Russians would love to support local businesses if locals spoke more Russian. Russians generally don't speak much English so it's not all that easy to communicate here. A month ago I met two Russian couples. One of the women acted as translator for the other three.

[PoorSucker]

no, they don't have to apply since spring this year for up to 30 days

OK, administrator.

Maybe time to update this page.

http://www.thaivisa.com/479.0.html

[sbk]

Thats interesting, because Czech citizens still only get a 15 day VOA and they are in the EU.

Whats even more interesting is that apparently the Thai Embassy in the UK website hasn't updated either:

COUNTRIES

Description

1

Bhutan Kingdom of Bhutan

2

China People's Republic of China (including Taiwan)

3

Cyprus Republic of Cyprus

4

Czech Czech Republic

5

Estonia Republic of Estonia

6

Hungary Republic of Hungary

7

India Republic of India

8

Kazakstan Repubic of Kazakhstan

9

Latvia Republic of Latvia

10

Liechtenstein Principality of Liechtenstein

11

Lithuania Republic of Lithuania

12

Maldives Repubic of Maldives

13

Mauritius Republic of Mauritius

14

Oman Sultanate of Oman

15

Poland Republic of Poland

16

Russian Federation

17

Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

18

Slovakia Slovak Republic

19

Slovenia Republic of Slovenia

20

Ukraine Republic of Ukraine

[koheesti]

Thats interesting, because Czech citizens still only get a 15 day VOA and they are in the EU.

As are 8 others on that list. And that is strange. Probably one of the VERY few instances where Russian citizens get more preferential visa treatment than EU citizens.