On 21 March 2013 His Excellency Dr. Itti Ditbanjong, Ambasssador of Thailand to the Russian Federation visited and met with the Thai hotel and resort entrepreneurs in the 20th Moscow International Travel & Tourism (MIIT 2013), which is one of the largest and best known annual travel industry events, taken place at the Moscow Expo Centre. The event was participated by 197 countries ie. USA, Japan, China, India, Republic of Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Kenya, Indonesia, Vietnam and UAE. This year the Tourism Authority of Thailand has led 14 entrepreneurs from the travel industry in Thailand to participate in the event and also arranged a Thai massage corner which interested and attracted huge amount of the visitors. During the visit to the said event, Ambassador Itti also discussed with Team Thailand on the plans to promote Thai tourism and Thai cuisine in Russia.

Thailand has become one of the main tourist destination for the Russian tourists. In 2012 Thailand welcomed 1,317,387 Russian tourists – 24.97% increased  from the total number of the Russian tourists in 2011. This number makes the Russian tourists the largest number among European visitors. In January and February this year more than 300,000 tourists has visited Thailand and the Tourism Authority of Thailand  office in  Moscow  expects more than 1,400,000 Russian tourists for 2013.