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An official from the Tourism Authority of Thailand’s Phuket office says most Russian and Ukrainian tourists on the southern island appear to be “coping”. Nanthasiri Ronasiri says there have not been that many calls to a hotline set up specifically to help tourists stranded by cancelled flights or facing financial problems as a result of sanctions on Russia. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has led to global condemnation and international sanctions on Russian airlines and the suspension of payment systems and services such as Visa and Mastercard. However, according to a Bangkok Post report, Nanthasiri says only around 15 Russian tourists […]

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28 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

Meanwhile, local tourism operators say they’re no longer seeing Russian tourists on Phuket beaches.

Must be awfully quite 😁

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They have reported no payment problems, saying they have enough funds for their stay. 

That is also my observation, the majority of Russian speaker seems to be back to normal, restaurant for food, 7/11s for booze, shopping for fun.

Good, there are less around now, total numbers are going down, but they have found a way around the ATM trouble, it looks like.

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5 minutes ago, Guest1 said:

Good, there are less around now, total numbers are going down, but they have found a way around the ATM trouble, it looks like.

I actually can name it... there's a currency changer that just works here as long as you have somebody with a bank account here.

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So the hotline is apparently a huge success. /s

Probably most Russians aren't even aware of this facility. It is nice of the Thai authorities to provide such an offer but actually it should be the Russian embassy doing that. 

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16 hours ago, Cathat said:

And the information that everything is fine and dandy for the stranded guests is coming from a tat employee.

must be right!

Have you seen any Vladimir or Olgas in distress then? 

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9 hours ago, Benroon said:

Have you seen any Vladimir or Olgas in distress then? 

No,but the article also states that there are noticeably fewer russian tourists being seen on the beaches.

There have not been any repatriation flights so they must all still be there.

That indicates to me many are staying in their hotel rooms probably to save money.

Why would anyone go on holiday to a beach resort and not go to the beach if there was no underlying reason.

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