I wasn't aware until I saw it on Richard Barrow Twitter that so many very significant countries (for Thai tourist industry) had issued red travel cautions for travel to Thailand. I was surprised to find USA, Italy, Spain, Hong Kong, South Korea and notably Russia to be among them. These countries are advising their citizens to avoid travel to Thailand unless necessary.

I would imagine Pattaya, and more especialy Jomtien along with Phuket will be seriously affected if the Russian citizens or their travel and insurance industry follow that advice. On my last trip I spent 3 nights in Jomtien at the start of my visit staying at East Suites, and while I have made regular very fleeting visits every trip over the years I really didn't realize the extent to which Jomtien has been Russianised. Any business which does not have Russian language signs are the one's which stand out as odd.

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