Banyan Tree and Htoo Hospitality recently signed a joint venture which will give the powerful luxury brand the management of 17 luxury properties in Myanmar. Banyan Tree Holdings Limited (through its wholly-owned subsidiary Banyan Tree [Read More…]
Luxury boutique resort Sofitel Inle Lake Myat Min blends French Art de Vivre with traditional wellness treatments on the banks of the breath-taking UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. To celebrate its first anniversary, Sofitel Inle Lake Myat [Read More…]
Tourist arrivals in Myanmar are likely to fall by half this year amid the global coronavirus outbreak, according to Deputy Minister for Hotels and Tourism U Tin Latt to the local newspaper The Irrawaddy. “Chinese [Read More…]
For now a month, restrictions have been lifted for tourists to further discover two regions of Kayah State, which used to be restricted for foreign visitors. Local Myanmar newspaper the Irrawaddy reported last month that [Read More…]
The Myanmar Times reports that Chin State in Northwestern Myanmar will soon become more accessible to travellers and investors this year when the region’s first airport opens for business. The Surbung Airport in Falam township, [Read More…]
The Yangon Region government recently announced to looking for an upgrading of the Sel Ein Tan coastal area near Letkhokkon Beach in Kungyangon township to become a tourist destination, the region’s tourism officials say. “Some [Read More…]
The government has instructed souvenir shops to transact with zero-dollar tourists in cash only, Yangon Region Hotels and Tourism Minister Daw Naw Pan Thuzar Myo said on December 16. According to the daily Myanmar Times, [Read More…]
As violent ethnic clashes are multiplying in Myanmar, the government is extending a ban for tourists to more destinations in the country. This includes even some destinations in the Yangon and Mandalay regions, two highly [Read More…]
The 3rd Myanmar Responsible Tourism Awards was held to identify and celebrate Myanmar’s most forward-thinking and innovative tourism businesses at PARKROYAL Yangon on 6 December. The annual event, organised by the Myanmar Responsible Tourism Institute [Read More…]
A new report from ICJ (international Commission of Jurists), an advocacy group looking for equal justice to all, asks Myanmar to change its laws penalizing homosexuality. Such a move would also be greatly beneficial to [Read More…]
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