“The Cabinet of the Ministry of Health urgently adopted amendments on the entry of tourists into the Kingdom of Thailand.

The changes come into force on January 9, 2023 from 01:00.

For the period until 01/31/2023 16:59, ”RIA Novosti quotes a message received by the tour operator.

Under the new rules, all tourists over the age of 18 must provide a two-component COVID-19 vaccination certificate when entering Thailand.

The second dose should be taken no earlier than two weeks before arrival in the country.

In the absence of a vaccine, you can provide a certificate of recovery from coronavirus received no more than 180 days before departure or a medical exemption from vaccination indicating the reason.

Minors are allowed into the kingdom without the mentioned documents.

In addition, tourists from countries that do not allow the return of citizens with COVID-19 must have medical insurance.

The online hotel booking service Ostrovok.ru previously conducted a study and found out that in 2022 travelers from Russia most often chose such foreign destinations as Belarus, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, Armenia, Kazakhstan, Thailand, Italy, Georgia, Uzbekistan and Spain.