The 2019 edition of MIST (Mekong Innovative Startups in Tourism Program), an exclusive two-day conference for top startups from the Greater Mekong Sub-region, will take place on October 8 and 9 in Bangkok. The third [Read More…]
A new attraction for Yangon is the yet-to-be-built night market which is considered to become a true tourism asset for Myanmar former capital. A private company is funding the project which should welcome its first [Read More…]
A dozen of new routes were recently launched or are due to come to further connect Myanmar to the rest of Asia. The most important link is the long-expected route finally linking Phnom Penh to [Read More…]
Falling numbers from Europe spearhead the extension of visas on arrivals to more countries by Myanmar authorities. Six European countries will then be eligible for VOA from this coming October. While overall tourism arrivals to [Read More…]
During its annual meeting in Baku , the World Heritage Committee inscribed 22 cultural sites on UNESCO’s World Heritage List until July 7. Among them are three sites located in Southeast Asia including Myanmar, Indonesia [Read More…]
All the member countries of the Greater Mekong Subregion enjoyed growth in foreign tourist arrivals in 2018, Thailand and Vietnam being the two largest destinations for inbound travellers. Last year, the region passed for the [Read More…]
The hosting of the Mekong Tourism Forum in Dali, Yunnan, was an opportunity to highlight the continuous efforts done by the six countries forming the Greater Mekong Sub-region to preserve culture and heritage thanks to [Read More…]
Centara Hotels is soon to have a presence in Myanmar as it will renovate and rebrand six properties across the country. One of Thailand largest hotel chain, Centara International Management Co. Ltd, signed a memorandum [Read More…]
Frontier Myanmar magazine is reporting that Myanmar Ministry of Religious Affairs and Culture called two weeks ago on foreign diplomats to encourage members of the World Heritage Committee to grant World Heritage status to Bagan [Read More…]
Silent Yangon, a book of photographs taken by children for whom the city is a silent world, is a Link for Aid project in partnership with Asian Trails, Samsung Myanmar and Sule Shangri-La Yangon. It [Read More…]
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