The Russia-Ukraine crisis will have an adverse impact on foreign tourist arrivals, says a Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) official. Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, TAT deputy governor for marketing communications, said on Thursday that the Russia-Ukraine dispute will certainly have an immediate effect on the tourism sector. Following the launch of the government’s “Test & Go” programme for fully vaccinated travellers in November last year, the number of foreign tourist arrivals was around 100,000, about 10% of whom were from Russia, he said. Mr Siripakorn said many Russian tourists were high-quali…

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