Russian Tourists Down 30% In Pattaya

[Rimmer]

Russian Tourists Down 30% In Pattaya

Mr. Sinchai Watthanasartsathorn (President of Buinessman Association and Tourism of Pattaya City, Chonburi province) revealed the amount of Russian tourists coming to Pattaya during the low season has fallen by 30%. The lack of Russian tourists coming to Pattaya has affected the Pattaya market because they spend more money than any other tourists that visit Pattaya.

The main cause of the decreasing amount of Russian tourists and other tourists might because of the economic problem with the army running the country and the weakening money value because of the Ukraine war crisis that affecting Russia too and their currency is down 10%. Many small travel agencies have gradually closed their businesses while the big travel agencies in Pattaya city such as Pegus (Thailand) Co., Ltd. have continued doing business.

Many hotel business operators in Pattaya city reveal that the hotel business in Pattaya city has been moderately affected from the decreasing amount of Russian tourists because of the political unrest and the curfew which has been enforced.

Full story:http://www.pattayadailynews.com/pattaya-news/russian-tourists-30-pattaya/

-- Pattaya Daily News 2014-08-08

[DaamNaam]

I can hear the applause from up north.

[khwaibah]

I can hear the applause from up north.

Outstanding news..

[BigBadGeordie]

The lack of Russian tourists coming to Pattaya has affected the Pattaya market because they spend more money than any other tourists that visit Pattaya.

How to destroy your credability in one sentence,

[alocacoc]

Here we go. Just another Russian bashing thread.

[DaamNaam]

The lack of Russian tourists coming to Pattaya has affected the Pattaya market because they spend more money than any other tourists that visit Pattaya.

How to destroy your credability in one sentence,

Thailand survived before they came, it will survive after they've gone.

[JoePai]

I can hear the applause from up north.

Dunno what it has to do with the North but certainly applause from Pattaya

[inthefareast]

Best news I have heard all week! Second wort tourists to the Chinese.

[bander]

Now that's what I call good news, lets hope this good trend continue

[Jingthing]

It is good news if not one foreigner group dominates demographically. Now to find a replacement for the lost Russkies. I propose MEXICANS.

[soihok]

Great !

I'm in town all next week (and no I'm not Russian).

[gemini81]

Crime and alcohol sales down 30% already, huh? 555

Edited August 8, 2014 by gemini81

[timmyp]

Are those 2 women in the photo really tourists???

[laurentbkk]

Best news I have heard all week! Second wort tourists to the Chinese.

oh and what the specialist of Russian tourists you pretend to be has to add ? so Russian bashing , then chinese bashing ? I wonder from which country you are from . Russian represent a big amount of money for Hotels , resorts , boat trips , restaurants , supermarkets , massage etc ..... Maybe their lower turn over doesnt concern you ....

[laurentbkk]

I feel really sorry for those who wrote those pathetic comments I red .... instead of thinking about you maybe a bit consideration for those who will see their turn over going down such as hotels , restaurants , boat companies, massage, supermarkets etc .... typical sexpat thinking to be better than any others ..remember where you are from , a bit low profile never hurt.

[harrycallahan]

And they have an aversion to getting beat up and robbed.

[Pui]

Important to note this is only "during the low season" has fallen by 30%

This could mean they are just being clever and checking the weather before they book.

[phantomfiddler]

Every cloud has a silver lining it would appear

[petercool]

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[upena]

They have absolutely no way of knowing how much tourism in Pattaya is down.

[Barefoot]

Another likely factor is that several very large Russian travel agencies have gone under financially, leaving tens of thousands of travelers stranded around the globe. They were being run like pyramid schemes until their inevitable collapse. Russians are likely a little skittish on trusting the remaining travel agencies.

[godden]

What spin are TAT going to put on this.

[Shurup]

Last news abotu Pattaya I read before this - is that the Pattaya looks empty. not only Russians are gone, any other nationality numbers are down as well and there's no way of knowing by what %. I don't believe the the Thai statistics for a second!

[petercool]

Post removed. Please do not put lines through your whole post.

[hansnl]

Best news I have heard all week! Second wort tourists to the Chinese.

oh and what the specialist of Russian tourists you pretend to be has to add ? so Russian bashing , then chinese bashing ? I wonder from which country you are from . Russian represent a big amount of money for Hotels , resorts , boat trips , restaurants , supermarkets , massage etc ..... Maybe their lower turn over doesnt concern you ....

It is quite simple, the Russian tourist spend money, that is good.

The Russians bring their own "amusement" workers, which is not good.

The Russian tourists bring down the number of other western tourists, which is definitely not good,

As for the Chinese tourists, they are mostly package tourists, and spend a minimal amount in the local market.

[SNGLIFE]

Real world explanations could also be the sanctions recently imposed on Russian banks. Hard to get money out of the ATM abroad if the Russian clearing banks have been cut off. Harder still to transfer large sums at a time. That would affect travel companies needing to make bookings and the individual tourist.

Thank goodness we don't have them taking over Isaan. Rudest expletives on the planet.

[Shurup]

The Russian tourists bring down the number of other western tourists, which is definitely not good,

This is a Myth, I'm sure no one does any sorts of researches on how many Russians are in Patts before coming there.

I personally find the Chinese x10 more annoying (Yanks come close 2nd by the way), but it's nothing to affect my decision to travel to any certain place or not.

[starky]

where do they spend more money than other tourists pray tell? By buying 1 barcadi breezer or big bottle of chang from 7/11 than wandering around the sois with sour looks on their mugs. Tighter than a fishes arse the ones i've encountered

[NoBrainer]

The Russians around Pratumnak won't even spend money for a baht bus. They walk back & forth to walking street, and I often see them buying there drinks in 7-11 and trying to walk into bars with their store bought drinks.

Not too many of them are staying in 4-5 star hotels either.

[HUAHIN62]

This correspond with the figure I saw that tourist arrivals overall decreased 24% YoY (Bloomberg prelim). If this trend continue the GDP will take a major hit. Although the tourism industry only contribute +-8% to the GDP, it supports many other industries (food, transport etc.). The other issue is that the tourist industry is very labor intensive and if there is a severe downturn many SME's will fail and unemployment will increase.