Temporarily stop welcoming Russian tourists to Vietnam

Anex Vietnam Tourism and Trading Co., Ltd – the pick-up unit Russian tourists Currently, the decision to temporarily stop welcoming Russian tourists to Nha Trang (Khanh Hoa).

Mr. Bui Quoc Dai, Deputy Director of the company, explained that the suspension of passenger pick-up was because the Russian government advised airlines to limit flights to foreign countries, after the US and Western countries issued directives to punish them. punish.

“We are temporarily suspending according to the recommendation at least until March 28, when the Russian side issues a new notice, in order to ensure aviation safety and security. When the situation stabilizes, the company will resume flights. the same,” said Dai.

Having just opened up to international tourism, Vietnam has been missing Russian tourists

Today, the last 300 or so Russian guests that Anex served will finish their sightseeing tour, leave Nha Trang and fly home. The company chartered an empty flight (no guests) from Russia to Vietnam to pick up this number of tourists.

Since the end of February 2022, the number of Russian tourists to Vietnam has decreased significantly due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the devaluation of the ruble and the sanctions of Russia by Western countries and the US.

Although receiving nearly 6,000 Russian guests to Khanh Hoa for tourism under the passport vaccine program, from December 26, 2021, Anex Vietnam Company has to suffer a loss when it cannot fill seats on charter flights.

Earlier, the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency advised Russian airlines to suspend all international flights from March 6 in the context of mass arrests of planes abroad, related to international flights. sanctions against Russia.

The recommendation applies to airlines whose aircraft are registered in the registers of other countries under a lease agreement with a foreign organization. From midnight on March 8, Russian airlines also suspended flights from abroad to the Russian Federation due to “high risk of being detained or arrested by Russian airlines abroad”. .

Ngoc Ha