Nine local and foreign companies have been granted by the Myanmar Investment Commission to build more hotels in the Myeik archipelago in southern Tanintharyi region. According to local directorate of hotels and tourist Sunday, the [Read More…]
Myanmar major newspaper in English language, the Myanmar Times, wrote last week about the launching of a campaign to clean up and beautify Yangon. The campaign has been kicked off in a downtown alley to [Read More…]
The Rainforest Fringe Festival kicks off on Friday July 7 in Kuching,a new event which aims to consolidate Sarawak image as a centre for arts. Kuching in Sarawak (Northeast Borneo) is one of the coolest [Read More…]
In May, the board of trustees of Shwedagon pagoda- Yangon most famous monument- announced to increase the entrance fees from K 8,000 (US$5.85) to K 10,000 (US$7.30)from June 1. However, at the end of May, [Read More…]
After implying that the next edition of the Thailand Travel Mart Plus -hosted for two consecutive years in Chiang Mai- would be hosted in 2018 in Hua Hin, it seems that it will be Pattaya [Read More…]
Quality travelers, improved access and low season growth are highlights in C9 Hotelworks latest emerging market report over Bagan, one of the most promising destinations in Myanmar… Myanmar’s Bagan with its ancient temples and pagodas [Read More…]
The last Mekong Tourism Forum hosted in Luang Prabang in Laos was a very successful edition. Over 350 delegates came to learn about the recent evolution of tourism in the Greater Mekong Sub-region and participate [Read More…]
The Myanmar Times interviewed recently U Phyo Wai Yar Zar, vice chairman of Myanmar Tourism Federation about the opportunity to develop the country into a golf tourism destination. However Myanmar dream of becoming a golf [Read More…]
While Buddhism is all about peace and compassion, Myanmar has been under the spotlight due to radical buddhist monks igniting a stream of violence against Muslim minorities. Finally the government is banning the violent movement… [Read More…]
A draft plan to designate Bagan as a World’s Heritage sites will be submitted to the UNESCO this coming September according to Myanmar Ministry of Culture. It would be the second listed site after Pyu [Read More…]
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