Southeast Asia and Russia in Search of New Connectivity

... business purposes. In October, Thailand extended the period of visa-free stay for Russian citizens from 30 to 90 days. In November Sri Lanka launched a pilot project to formalize free electronic tourist visas for Russian, Chinese, Indian, Malaysian, Japanese,... ... stable upward trend was characteristic of travel from Russia to other countries in the region as well, and all countries of Southeast Asia were visited by more than 2.5 million Russians in 2019 (see Table 1 ). Table 1 . Number of Russian tourists traveling in ASEAN countries, 2020–2022 (people) Country 2019 2020 2021 2022 Brunei Darussalam No data 175 No data No data Cambodia 55,653 ...