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Strong ruble discount travel is affecting Southeast Asia, the Russian people were considered carefully before departure due to budget spending will be doubled to travel to Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam.
In the context of declining oil prices and the impact from the sanctions of the West against Russia concerning the crisis in Ukraine, the ruble fell by 43% in value against the dollar in 2014.
Therefore, a traveler needs to spend about 140,000 rubles Russia ($ 2,479) for a trip to Vietnam, including airfare and hotel, up to 60,000 rubles more than last year.
Russian tourists. (Source: BBC)
Russia "contribute" billions of dollars in revenue from tourism to Southeast Asia and ranks second in number after the Chinese tourists.
2013, when the Russian tourists to Vietnam doubled, Vietnam Airlines has opened direct routes connecting Moscow and Cam Ranh, Nha Trang near.
Privacy in the month 1-3 / 2015, about 95,800 Russian tourists visited Vietnam, down 27% compared to the same period last year and marked the first quarterly decrease since 2012.
Meanwhile, the Cambodian Ministry of Tourism estimated that Russian tourists coming to this country is 18,300 visitors in the first two months of 2015, down 51%. Thailand has also attracted 1.6 million Russian tourists in 2014, down 8.6%.
Particularly in January, Russian tourists to Thailand decreased by 46%. Also in the Philippines, the number of Russian tourists was down 12% in January this year.
President Hotel Association of Thailand, Surapong Techaruvichit said: "The amount of Russian tourists to Thailand has decreased since last year, mainly due to the devaluation of the ruble. In particular, the traditional favorite destinations of Russian tourists to Phuket and Pattaya Thailand as severely affected "./.
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