The Russian Diasporta in Thailand has from 40 thousand to 50,000 people living there on the basis of continuous. This was announced by the Russian Ambassador to Bangkok, Yevgeny Tomikhin, who spoke at a meeting of members of the “Rotari Club” speaking Russian, unified Russian people and Russian cultural fans. In the kingdom.
“In my opinion, based on communication with our authorities, colleagues, our compatriots, we can talk about 40-50 thousand people who have settled here in one way or another,” he said , note that this figure does not include citizens who come to Thailand for a few months for the winter to be appreciated.
“Many people have lived here for many years and some decades have developed with this country, with its culture and tradition. Communicate with our compatriots, representatives of different industries, with people with their own businesses and with those working in the field of education and culture, bringing us great benefits, Because it could not include everything by working at the Embassy of the Kingdom visited a total of 1,745 million Russians.
“Today we can say that Thailand has turned into a tourist direction for our citizens. If 10 years ago, many of our people came here in the winter, after that, for example, last summer came from 70 (thousand) thousands of Russian tourists, Tom Tomikhin added.
Most Russians in Thailand live on Phuket Island and Pattaya. The major communities of the Russian people are located in Bangkok, Khuakhin, as well as on Phangan and Samui. The Russian Federation is the largest European tourism market for the kingdom and is currently in third place in the number of visitors among all national tourist groups. According to the Ministry of Tourism and Sports, since the beginning of this year, about 450 thousand Russians have visited the country.