BANGKOK, Dec 3 (Bloomberg): Russian tourists are once again traveling in large numbers to Thailand via chartered flights and using credit cards issued outside the country to get around payment difficulties, turbo-charging a gradual tourism recovery in the South-East Asian nation.
More than 44,000 Russians visited Thailand in October, compared with less than 10,000 each in the months following the start of the war in Ukraine in February, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism and Sports. The resumption of direct flights between Moscow and Phuket from the end of last month will lure more tourists, according to Thai officials.
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