Southeast Asia and Russia in Search of New Connectivity

... year of cultural exchanges and tourism between Russia and Thailand. In Myanmar, the tourism and hospitality industry has been included by the government in the list of strategic areas for economic development and foreign investment attraction. With sanctions imposed by Western countries on both Russia and Myanmar, the Myanmar government has taken a number of active steps to increase its tourist appeal to visitors from Russia. These include launch ing direct flights on the Yangon-Mandalay-Novosibirsk route by Myanmar Airways International in September ...