No more visa requirements for Russian tourists to Laos !

Laos to exempt VISA for Russian tourists

(KPL) Laos is to discard visa requirements for Russians who go to the Southeast Asian country for under 15 days from September 19. With the decision, Laos becomes the second country in Southeast Asia after Thailand to exempt visas for Russian travellers, the Russian news net said.

According to statistics from the Russian Tourism Agency, the number of Russian tourists arriving in Thailand and Viet Nam in 2006 doubled compared to that of the previous year, while the figure to France dropped by 20 percent and the UK 16 percent. The reduction was attributed to complicated visa procedures in these countries, the news net stressed.

Source: kpl.net.la