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BANGKOK, Thailand Russian tourism will rebound this year because of the ruble growth picks up oil prices.

Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) predicts the arrival of Russian tourists will increase to 1 million this year.

The Russian ruble, which has increased due to rising oil costs 60 Legend of Baht Thailand at the exchange rate at the moment, up from an average of 50 satang last year.

Tanes Petsuwan executive director of the TAT is responsible for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, said the number of Russian tourists has started to rise last month February and continued in March. He said the growth would continue to rise until the end of the year.

The growth forecast for Russian visitors 13% of TAT will be an important factor related to visitors from whole Europe they can expect the number of tourists are expected to rise 6 percent to 5.66 million.

Tanes said that this growth will occur after the arrival of Russian tourists has dropped significantly in the past two years.

He said: 'I think that the Russian tourist market has already fallen. He said: 'From now on, growth may be not as high as the past. We are likely to see from the Form U-growing Russian market.

In 2014, the arrival of Russian tourists fell to $ 1.6 million after the market has grown in in 2013, when the country welcomed Russian visitors 1.7 million. Then the arrival of Russian tourists fell to 884 085 in 2015. The impact of the decline The influence of the major tourist destinations, especially in the city of Pattaya, which has enjoyed the presence of Russian tourists for a long time.

Only the arrival of Chinese tourists has offset the decline in the number of Russian tourists who visit in Pattaya these visitors often spend less.

Despite the decline in the number of Russian tourists, TAT has found that the overall quality of its recovery, the current Russian tourists spend more on hotel accommodations and activities.