Thailand, Russia sign visa exemption pact

KUALA LUMPUR: -- Thai and Russian leaders gave final approval on Tuesday to a visa exemption accord as part of efforts to promote tourism, trade and communication between the two countries.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra signed the pact during direct talks on Tuesday night after the ASEAN-Russia summit in the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur.

President Putin said that the accord would help boost trade and tourism between the two countries, expressing the hope that the number of Russians visiting Thailand would increase sharply from the current 100,000 level.

Prime Minister Thaksin said that tourism accounts for the lion's share of bilateral trade which was rising rapidly to near the level before the 1991 collapse of the USSR.

Under the visa exemption agreement, Thais and Russians with valid travel documents will be allowed to stay in the each other's country for up to 30 days.

However, government agencies concerned reserved the right to deny the entry or stay of signatory state nationals on security or public health grounds.

The agreement will take effect within 30 days of each signatory state notifying the other that the draft agreement has passed all necessary internal procedures.

At present, Thais going to Russia must apply for a visa before departure, while Russians can apply for visa on arrival. Moscow allows visa exemptions only for diplomatic passports.

According to the Tourism Authority of Thailand, 117,725 Russians visited Thailand last year, with arrivals expected to rise to 140,000 this year, up 18 per cent from 2004.

The number of Thai visitors to Russia last year rose more than 28 per cent to 2,910, up from 2,266 in 2003.

--TNA 2005-12-14

Thailand and Rusia agree to scrap visas Thailand

14/12/2005

Thailand and Russia have agreed to abolish visa requirements for travel between the two countries.

The deal has been reached in Malaysia during talks between the Russian and Thai leaders ahead of a regional summit.

Governments of both countries will now have to complete administrative formalities for the agreement to enter into force.

Russian President Vladimir Putin says 100,000 Russian tourists visited Thailand last year and he predicts the numbers will go up once the visas are scrapped.

ABC Asia Pacific TV / Radio Australia

*edit* beaten to the post by 4 minutes...

Edited December 14, 200520 yr by sriracha john

More russian ladies of the evening will be visiting!

More russian ladies of the evening will be visiting!

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More russian ladies of the evening will be visiting!

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More like more Russian Mafia millionaires moving into Pattaya

Would also explain the Russian gogo girls they have in Pattaya now

Watch out Pattaya, Phuket, and most of the Koh's - you're going to see more (real) Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci and heavyweight bling (jewellery) on one body than you thought is physically possible.............

well i asked in russian embassy about it and they are not quite sure when this is going to take effect ... so far I have never had any toble getting visa to Th.

and just to let you know very few "russian ladies of a night" have russian passport... most of them are Uzbekistan and other "stan" or Ukraine... Real russian will sell much better in Moscow than here, and those from "stans" well average salary over there is about 15$ per months so here even if they be the cheapest they will get much more per night than at home per months....

PS RUSSIAN GIRLS ARE STUNNING !

well i asked in russian embassy about it and they are not quite sure when this is going to take effect ... so far I have never had any toble getting visa to Th.

and just to let you know very few "russian ladies of a night" have russian passport... most of them are Uzbekistan and other "stan" or Ukraine... Real russian will sell much better in Moscow than here, and those from "stans" well average salary over there is about 15$ per months so here even if they be  the cheapest  they will get much more per night than at home per months....

ya ya )) from 100 to 500. but this is prostitution here anyway.

PS RUSSIAN GIRLS ARE STUNNING !

EDIT: removed link.

1 rouble is about 0.75 batt

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Edited December 15, 200520 yr by lopburi3

Whoopee...................

More Russian beauties to fight with the locals for business.

Hello from Russia

I will visit Phuket at 22 February 06,

I need visa or no?

You can currently obtain a 15 day visa on arrival. As for February you will have to check later as the new agreement has to go through normal approval process and then a date has to be set for it to become active. Your airline should have the latest information.

Thank you for reply.

As i know, i must pay money for visa at airport.

How much it now (or no visa- no money) ?

I believe the visa on arrival is 1,000 baht.

More like more Russian Mafia millionaires moving into Pattaya

Would also explain the Russian gogo girls they have in Pattaya now

“Money is like manure. You have to spread it to make the little things grow”. Attributed – rightly or wrongly – to Barbara Streisand.

I have no objection at all if some of that Russian money is spread in Thailand. After all, this is not so bad a place for a vacation, is it?

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Watch out Pattaya, Phuket, and most of the Koh's - you're going to see more (real) Versace, Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci and heavyweight bling (jewellery) on one body than you thought is physically possible.............

The dayvooshkas sure do know a thing or three about fasion.

The dayvooshkas sure do know a thing or three about fasion.

Devushki, actually, plural of devushka (девочка), although a few web sites, including some Russian ones, also use devoshka or devooshka.

With a nick like yours, you need to brush up on your Russian

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Maestro